Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Black

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 11, 1985No. 15PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

Appellant, 48-year-old Darrell L. Black, was charged with statutory rape,1 corruption of minors,2 incest,3 and attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse4 with respect to his thirteen-year-old daughter, Cynthia. After a jury trial, he was found guilty of all counts and sentenced to a term of *551imprisonment of two and one-half to five years.5 This appeal followed. Appellant challenges the lower court’s application of Pennsylvania’s Rape Shield Law, 18 Pa.C.S. § 3104,6 which prevented him from introducing evidence of prosecutrix’ prior sexual conduct with one of her…

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2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Greene v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. State v. PulizzanoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1990
  2. State v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  3. State v. CatsamSupreme Court of Vermont · 1987
  4. Com. v. Cramer, R., IIISuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. Commonwealth v. FrankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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