Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Irvin

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 8, 1978No. 34PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge:

After a non-jury trial, appellant was convicted of rape 1 and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse 2 and sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of one and one-half (1%) to five (5) years on the rape count, while sentence on the second count was suspended. Appellant was originally charged with a third count, aggravated assault, 3 but was found not guilty of this offense. He now contends that since all three charges arose out of the same set of facts, his acquittal on the aggravated assault count is inconsistent with his conviction on the rape and involuntary deviate sexual…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Moszczynski v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Commonwealth v. PhillipsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  3. Commonwealth v. RifeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. HillSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. ParrottoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RhodesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Commonwealth v. NiemetzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. RoughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. FortuneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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