Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Shively

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 30, 1981No. 437PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*413OPINION OF THE COURT

O’BRIEN, Chief Justice.

Larry C. Shively, appellee herein, was convicted by a jury of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated assault and felonious restraint. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellee was sentenced to a prison term of three-to-ten years. An appeal was taken to the Superior Court, which granted appellee a new trial. Commonwealth v. Shively, 254 Pa.Super. 173, 385 A.2d 581 (1978). We granted the Commonwealth’s petition for allowance of appeal and this appeal followed.

The facts, according to the testimony of the victim, a twenty year old…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  2. Commonwealth v. FortuneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. BouldenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  4. Commonwealth v. KlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  5. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by60 opinions

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  2. State v. DolinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. RossSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  4. Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  5. State v. FriedrichWisconsin Supreme Court · 1987

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