Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Leak

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 23, 2011No. 305 EDA 2009PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

DONOHUE, J.:

Appellant, William Leak (“Leak”), appeals from the trial court’s September 26, 2008 judgment of sentence. We affirm.

On June 27, 2008, a jury found Leak guilty of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated assault, aggravated indecent assault, unlawful restraint, and possession of an instrument of crime. 1 Subsequently, the trial court found Leak to be a sexually violent predator, and sentenced him to an aggregate 10 to 20 years of incarceration followed by 30 years of probation.

Leak’s convictions are based on the following facts, as recited in the trial…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Commonwealth v. WidmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  3. Commonwealth v. Cruz-CentenoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. PaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  5. Commonwealth v. NatividadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LeanerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  2. Commonwealth v. RhodesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  3. Commonwealth v. MitchellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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