Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Kemp
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Westmoreland County
Decided December 16, 1992No. 2707 C 1991PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOUGHRAN, J.,
HISTORY
The defendant was arrested on August 21, 1991, and charged with recklessly endangering another person in the within case. Prior to the preliminary hearing on September 20, 1991, the Commonwealth moved to amend their complaint to include the charge of V.C.S.D.D. & C.A. (delivery of a controlled substance).
The Commonwealth alleged that the defendant, an expectant mother, had used cocaine prior to giving birth to a child and that the baby had cocaine “delivered” to it, through the umbilical cord. The Commonwealth also alleged that the conduct of the defendant in using the…
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