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Commonwealth v. O'Brien

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 13, 2003PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

BENDER, J.:

¶ 1 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appeals from the pre-trial order entered on April 26, 2002, precluding the admission of evidence of prior bad acts/crimes that the Commonwealth sought to admit in its prosecution of Edward O’Brien (O’Brien) on charges of rape, involuntary sexual intercourse, statutory assault, statutory sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, indecent assault, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. We reverse.

¶2 O’Brien was arrested on May 29, 2001, and charged with the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. People v. ArcherdCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
  3. Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  4. Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  5. Commonwealth v. LambertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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3Cited by64 opinions

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  4. Commonwealth v. MoserSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  5. Commonwealth v. StephensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013

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