Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Small

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 9, 1969No. Appeal, 467PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

Per Curiam,

The Court being equally divided, the judgment of sentence is affirmed.

Opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Bell in Support of Affirmance, May 9, 1969:

In support of the affirmance of the Judgment of Sentence, Mr. Chief Justice Bell files the following Opinion:

The prosecutrix in this case alleged that on two occasions the appellant and two codefendants forced her to accompany them to a secluded spot on the outskirts of Philadelphia and there, without her consent and against her will, forced her by threats and actual violence (1) to have intercourse with them, and (2) to commit sodomy.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Robert Louis Porter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Whitling v. RussellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  5. Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BreakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. BraceroSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. WheelerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  5. Commonwealth v. HewlettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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