Commonwealth v. Mlinarich

WIEAND, Judge:

The issue in this appeal is the interpretation to be placed upon the phrase “forcible compulsion” as it was used to define the crime of rape. What did the legislature intend when it defined rape as sexual intercourse with another person “by forcible compulsion ” or “by threat of forcible compulsion that would prevent resistance by a person of reasonable resolution”? Did the legislature intend to include within the crime of rape acts of sexual intercourse induced by threats to do non-violent acts? After a careful *272review of the legislative history of Section 3121 of the Crimes…