Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. McEachin

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 11, 1988No. 3385PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence entered after appellant’s conviction by jury of two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and three counts of corrupting the morals of a minor child. Appellant complains on appeal that: (1) the trial court erred in finding child witnesses competent to testify; (2) the trial court erred in permitting repeated re-examination of one child witness and counsel was ineffective for failing to object; (3) the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motions for a mistrial; (4) the trial court erred in permitting testimony as to…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Commonwealth v. PetersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Rosche v. McCoySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Commonwealth v. GeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Cruz-CentenoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Commonwealth v. GroffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. SattazahnSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  4. Commonwealth v. VurimindiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. Commonwealth v. PankrazSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

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