Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hodge

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 26, 1979No. 1157PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPAETH, Judge:

A jury convicted appellant of statutory rape 1 and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. 2 Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to five to ten years for statutory rape and to seven to fourteen years for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. The sentences were concurrent. On this appeal appellant argues: (1) that the verdicts were against the weight of the evidence; (2) that the trial judge erred in admitting in evidence testimony concerning offenses by appellant for which he was not on trial; (3) that the trial judge erred in admitting in evidence…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Commonwealth v. FarquharsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. HickmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. PetrakovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  5. Commonwealth v. TervalonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Thoeun ThaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Commonwealth v. ConwaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Commonwealth v. EacklesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. HammondSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. McMasterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

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