Commonwealth v. Brown

OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

This Court granted review of this matter to determine whether the Superior Court erred in determining that the Commonwealth did not violate Pa.R.Crim.P. 229 by amending the criminal information immediately prior to the commencement of trial to include the charges of Rape and Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse (“IDSI”) with an unconscious person, 1 when the original information only included the charges of Rape and IDSI by forcible compulsion 2 and, if so, whether appellant suffered prejudice due to the violation of Rule 229. 3 For the reasons that…