Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Guess

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 25, 1979No. 1520PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge:

Pursuant to a jury trial concluded on November 8, 1976, appellant was convicted of rape, 1 criminal conspiracy, 2 invol untary deviate sexual intercourse, 3 and two counts each of kidnapping 4 and robbery. 5 Post-verdict motions were denied, and appellant was sentenced to several concurrent and consecutive prison sentences which totaled not less than I2V2 nor more than 25 years. Appellant now asserts numerous instances of error which we will address seriatim.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth as verdict winner, Commonwealth v. Williams, 476 Pa.…

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2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. United States v. Roland W. BrownCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  5. United States v. SomersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Commonwealth v. BellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. YoungkinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Bailey v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1982

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