Commonwealth v. Tate

¶ 1 Kenneth Tate was convicted and given a modest sentence for the crime of luring a child into a motor vehicle (luring a child). The statute proscribes luring a child into a vehicle unless there is at least implied consent of the parent or if the child is in need of assistance. 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2910. This appeal raises two issues which challenge: 1) the charge of the court and, 2) the sufficiency of the evidence. The charges at trial arose out of the claim that Tate on separate, but closely similar, occasions lured two 14 year-old females, V.S. and I.B., into his vehicle. He was found guilty…