Commonwealth v. Decker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
TAMILIA, Judge:
Appellant, James Decker, takes this appeal from the judgment of sentence of three (3) to twenty-three and one-half (23-1/2) months’ imprisonment entered on December 21, 1995 following his conviction of corruption of minors 1 in a nonjury trial.
The 37-year old appellant was charged with corruption of minors after having sexual intercourse with a 15-year old girl. Appellant claims the evidence at trial was insufficient to support a guilty verdict because the intercourse was consensual and was the sole basis for the corruption charge. He further claims that at the time of the…
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