Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wolfe

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 15, 1992No. 2504PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CIRILLO, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County denying appellant Walter Wolfe’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

Walter Wolfe began having indecent contact with his stepdaughter when she was thirteen years old. The assaults continued for a period of five years. When the victim was approximately eighteen years old she left Wolfe’s home to live with her natural father. Wolfe continued to harass her; he followed her home from school, drove around her house repeatedly, contacted her by telephone, and eventually threatened her father and…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Fleischman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Bryant v. HendrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spencer v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  4. Commonwealth v. CargoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Fletcher v. CavellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959

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3Cited by28 opinions

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  3. Commonwealth v. McNeilSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth, Department of Corrections v. ReeseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  5. Barnhart v. KylerDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2004

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