Commonwealth v. Brown

Dissenting Opinion by

Hoffman, J.:

Appellant was tried on three counts of forcible rape, assault and battery with intent to ravish, incest, two counts of statutory rape, playfully pointing a firearm, and three counts of corrupting the morals of a minor. After trial by jury, appellant was found guilty of the three counts of corrupting the morals of a minor, but was acquitted on all other charges. The sole issue on appeal is the adequacy of the trial court’s instructions on the charges of corruption.

The indictments in the present case stated “ [t] hat on or about October 25, 1972, in Philadelphia…