Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gordon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 28, 1996No. 47 and 48 M.D. Appeal Docket 1995PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
On June 21, 1998, Thomas C. Gordon, an attorney, was charged in Montour County with two counts of indecent assault in violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 3126(a)(1). He had been convicted of similar assaults in Columbia County. After hearing on December 29, 1993, the trial court granted Gordon’s motion in limine to exclude evidence of Gordon’s similar conduct in the Columbia County cases. However, the court also noted that transcripts of the Columbia County cases were unavailable and that if the Commonwealth could show a common scheme, plan, design, intent or…
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