Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Ritchie

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 30, 1984No. 137PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*560CAVANAUGH, Judge:

Appellant George Ritchie was tried by a jury and convicted of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, incest, and corruption of minors. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a term of three to ten years incarceration. The instant appeal followed. For the reasons discussed below, we now vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for further proceedings.

The instant charges arose out of an incident involving appellant’s daughter, Jeanette, who was thirteen at the time of trial. Jeanette testified that she was watching television on the evening of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. WalzackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. SlaughterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. NiemetzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. HammSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania v. RitchieSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. RitchieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Commonwealth v. SamuelsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. Commonwealth v. DunkleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Commonwealth v. CarillionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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