Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Abraham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 7, 2012PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice EAKIN.
The Commonwealth appeals from the order of the Superior Court reversing the order denying appellee’s petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546, and remanding for an evidentiary hearing. We reverse.
Appellee, Joseph Abraham, was a high school teacher in the Pittsburgh public school system. In 2008, one of his students alleged he offered her $300 to have sex with him and touched her buttocks; she further stated he gave her one of his business cards and wrote his private cell phone number on it. After these allegations surfaced,…
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