Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mayfield
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 24, 2003No. 11 MAP 2002PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JUSTICE EAKIN.
This case presents the question whether the Institutional Sexual Assault Statute, 18 Pa.C.S. § 3124.2, is unconstitutional. We hold it is not.
Appellee was a corrections officer at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility when she allegedly engaged in sexual acts with three inmates, including performing oral sex on an inmate, rubbing her buttocks on an inmate’s groin area, and grabbing an inmate’s buttocks. Appellee was charged with three counts of institutional sexual assault, 18 Pa.C.S. § 3124.2. She moved to quash the bills of information and have the charges…
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