Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Spiewak
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 10, 1992No. 26 W.D. Appeal Docket 1991PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
Appellant, John Spiewak, was charged on December 12, 1987, with having engaged in involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with his fifteen year old stepdaughter, J.K., between June and December, 1983. 18 Pa.C.S. § 3123(5). 1 After a jury trial, Appellant was found guilty of one count and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of five to ten years. Post-trial motions were filed and denied by the trial court. Superi- or Court affirmed the judgment of sentence in a memorandum opinion. 400 Pa.Super. 625, 576 A.2d 1139.
We granted allowance of appeal to address two issues:…
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- Commonwealth v. ClaypoolSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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