Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 27, 1989No. 159 E.D. Appeal Docket 1987PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
PAPADAKOS, Justice.
The issue which we are called upon to decide in this case is whether the legislature intended that the new five-year statute of limitations period for rape be applied to offenses not already time-barred by the former two-year period as of the date the new five-year statute became effective. We have concluded that the new five-year statute was intended to apply to such offenses and, hence, we reverse the Superior Court 365 Pa.Super. 643, 526 A.2d 813, on this point.
The facts in this case are as follows. A criminal complaint charging Leroy Johnson,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Creighan v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Commonwealth v. DuffySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
- State v. HodgsonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1986
- United States v. KurzenknabeDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1955
- People v. LewisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
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3Cited by31 opinions
- State v. SkakelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
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- Commonwealth v. RussellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Alexander v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Childs, W.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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