Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Brown

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 28, 2017No. 481 WDA 2016PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

MOULTON, J.:

Shawn M. Brown appeals from’ the March 7, 2016 judgment of sentence entered in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas following his-jury trial convictions for rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse (“IDSI”) with a child, unlawful contact with minor, indecent assault of person less than 13, and corruption of minors.1 We conclude that the convictions for rape of a child and IDSI with a child merge for sentencing purposes. Because the trial court imposed separate sentences for both convictions, we vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  4. Commonwealth v. NeroSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Commonwealth v. QuintuaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MacHicoteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  2. Goodwin v. Pennridge Sch. Dist.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2019
  3. Commonwealth v. LigonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  4. Com. v. Bannasch, P.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. Com. v. Barkman, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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