Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Burton

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 28, 2001PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OLSZEWSKI, J.:

¶ 1 Frankie Gerald Burton appeals his judgment of sentence. We affirm.

On August 30, 1998, ... a man on a bicycle approached [K.V.], then aged thirteen, and asked her whether she liked a musical group named “Bones, Thugs and Harmony.” He then asked if she “wanted to get it on,” blocked her path with his bicycle and grabbed her buttocks. [K.V.] ... identified that man as [appellant]. The time was approximately 6:47 p.m.

At 7:40, police learned of a woman [Diane Foreman] approximately one mile away in Horsham Township who reported a man matching [appellant’s] description, and riding…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. LordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Commonwealth v. LarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Commonwealth v. BillaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MouzonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  2. Commonwealth v. JandaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Commonwealth v. FulmoreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. Commonwealth v. KendricksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011

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