Commonwealth v. Snoke
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NIX, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Lynn K. Snoke, was convicted by a jury of indecent assault, 18 Pa.C.S. § 3126, and corruption of a minor, 18 Pa.C.S. § 6301, stemming from an incident involving his five-year-old daughter. The cause was appealed in the Superior Court which affirmed the judgment of sentence. After review, for the reasons that follow, we also affirm the judgment below.
The principal issue raised in this appeal is whether the trial judge committed error in refusing to instruct the jury specifically addressing the five-year-old victim’s failure to disclose the…
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