Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Rough

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 13, 1980No. 1178PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge:

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty on March 23, 1978, of rape 1 and corruption of the morals of a minor. 2 Post-trial motions regarding the rape conviction were denied 3 and this appeal, which raises nine assignments of trial error, followed. Because we find these assignments of error are without merit, we affirm the judgment of sentence.

All charges arose out of a single act of unlawful sexual intercourse on the evening of November 21, 1977, between appellant and his stepdaughter, Tammy Lynn Davis, who was fifteen at the time. Viewing the evidence in the light…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. SparrowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. FugmannSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937

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3Cited by54 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RhodesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Commonwealth v. MaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. StammSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Commonwealth v. FortuneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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