Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wojciechowski

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 20, 1981No. 1535PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

On September 5, 1977, at about 1:00 a. m. a 24 year old woman was out for a walk a short distance from her home in the Juniata Park section of the city. Suddenly a van stopped in the street opposite from her and a man who emerged therefrom, grabbed her by the hair, threatened her and pulled her into the van. She was driven several blocks and then forcibly led into a park where she was brutally beaten and raped. She was able to escape naked sometime thereafter, contacted the police and made a positive identifi cation of the appellant, Norman Wojciechowski, who was seized…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Moszczynski v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. GOODMANSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. LeeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. OlsenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Commonwealth v. MirandaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. SandersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. WhetstineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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