Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Albert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 27, 2000PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
In this direct appeal, we must determine whether the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas properly found that Sections 3122.1, 3123(a)(7), 3125(8) and 3126(a)(8) of the Crimes Code, violate the equal protection clauses of the federal and state constitutions. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
Appellee was charged by criminal information with eleven counts of sexual assault on a minor victim during a period of six months from June 1, 1996 through November 19, 1996. 1 Following a jury trial, Appellee was found guilty of all counts except for one count of criminal…
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