Commonwealth v. Bradley

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice:

This is the Commonwealth’s appeal by allowance from an order of Superior Court vacating Philadelphia Common Pleas’ judgment of sentence and granting a new trial after a jury found appellee guilty of rape, robbery and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. Superior Court acted because it felt “[t]he Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has strictly prohibited communication between the judge and jury other than in open court and in the presence of counsel for all parties.” (Emphasis supplied). Reviewing our holdings on this issue convinces us we must reconsider…