Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lane
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 13, 1989No. 128 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1987PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*393OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.*
Edward Lane was tried and convicted of rape, statutory-rape, indecent assault, terroristic threats and corruption of a minor, arising from an incident with an eight-year-old girl. He was sentenced to four to ten years incarceration. On appeal, the Superior Court reversed the judgment of sentence and granted him a new trial, 365 Pa.Super. 644, 526 A.2d 813. The Commonwealth petitioned for allowance of appeal and we granted allocatur.
The alleged sexual assault in this case occurred on October 1, 1980. It is charged that the eight-year-old victim, Jennifer Simonson,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. TurnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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- Commonwealth v. KrickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
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3Cited by34 opinions
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