Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Walker

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 6, 1976No. 417PublishedCited by 170 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

Appellant, Joseph Vurlie Walker, was tried before a jury and convicted of rape (commonly referred to as forcible rape), statutory rape, violation of the liquor laws and corrupting the morals of a minor. Post verdict motions were filed and denied. Walker was sentenced to *329five to ten years’ imprisonment on the rape conviction; five to ten years’ imprisonment on the statutory rape conviction ; three to twelve months’ imprisonment on the violation of the liquor laws conviction and one to three years imprisonment on the corrupting the morals of a minor…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  3. Kepner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  4. Commonwealth v. ErnestoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  5. Commonwealth v. TisdaleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by170 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BerrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Commonwealth v. RhodesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. McKennaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. SparrowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. NorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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