Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Stafford

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 15, 1982No. 527PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This appeal comes before us from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County, wherein the appellant, Herman Stafford, was convicted of attempted statutory rape 1 and corrupting the morals of a minor. 2 Appellant contends on appeal that: (1) the trial court erred in not stating on the record whether the sentence was imposed on the attempted statutory rape conviction or the corrupting the morals of a minor conviction; (2) the trial court erred in denying defense counsel’s request for a “missing witness” instruction to the jury; (3) appellant’s trial…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. People v. GreerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1947
  4. Commonwealth v. TwiggsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. StraderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KubiacSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Commonwealth v. SamuelsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. BrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. BerrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  5. Commonwealth v. MayfieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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