Commonwealth v. Davison

HOFFMAN, Judge:

The sole meritorious claim in the instant case is whether the lower court failed to clarify the jury’s confusion concerning an important issue in appellant’s trial, as reflected in the jury’s questions to the court. 1

On June 6, 1974, a cashier at the Penn Fruit store at Broad and Wingohocking Streets, Philadelphia, noticed a young girl crying, near the cashier’s register. The cashier asked the girl, nine-year-old Antoinette Key, whether anything was wrong. The child stated that a man had hurt her. The cashier called over the store manager, Robert Fiorelli, to take care of the…