Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Brown

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 19, 1999PublishedCited by 120 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOYCE, J.:

¶ 1 This matter is before the Court on Timothy Brown’s (Appellant) appeal from the judgment of sentence, as made final by the denial of post-sentencing motions.1 For the reasons set forth below, we vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for resentencing. Before reaching the merits of this appeal, we will recount the relevant facts and procedural history.

¶ 2 The charges in this case arise out of two incidents, one in which Appellant raped a seventy-four (74) year old woman and one in which he attempted to rape an officer posing as an elderly woman. On August 4, 1997, following a…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DeversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Commonwealth v. BarudSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  5. Commonwealth v. SaranchakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

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3Cited by120 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SierraSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. HylandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. PhillipsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  4. Commonwealth v. McNabbSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Commonwealth v. HenniganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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