Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Burns

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 31, 2009No. 2127 Eastern District Appeal 2007PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.:

¶ 1 Gerry Burns appeals from the judgment of sentence of March 29, 2007, following his convictions of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse (“IDSI”), sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, and indecent assault. A divided panel of this court filed a memorandum opinion on December 19, 2008, which reversed the judgment of sentence and remanded the case for a new trial upon finding that the trial court should have allowed appellant to pierce the Rape Shield Law 1 and cross-examine the victim regarding whether she had engaged in sexual activity with another man…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. DurstSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  3. Sullivan v. COM. DEPT. OF TRANSP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Commonwealth v. TorresSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  5. Commonwealth v. SpiewakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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3Cited by53 opinions

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  3. Commonwealth v. FlowersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. Commonwealth v. MotoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. Commonwealth v. DemoraSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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