Commonwealth v. Lee
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OLSZEWSKI, Judge.
Roderick Lee appeals the judgment of sentence entered against him for rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse (IDSI) convictions. Lee was accused of forcibly sodomizing a fellow inmate, sixteen-year-old William Healey, at Rockview State Prison. The evidence, adduced through Healey and other inmates, established that Lee ran a “running game” whereby he befriended and “protected” Healey from ostensible sexual advances by other inmates. The other inmates were part of the ruse, however, and backed off from Healey at Lee’s insistence; the purpose of all this was to cajole…
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2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. HudsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. FromalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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