Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lee
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 29, 1978No. 125PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPAETH, Judge:
Appellant was tried by a judge sitting with a jury and was convicted of robbery, rape, and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. 1 Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to three concurrent prison terms of eight to twenty years. This appeal followed.
On the night of January 14, 1976, the complainant was walking to her home at 1208 Spruce Street in Philadelphia. Sometime after 11:15 p. m., as she neared the corner of 13th and Spruce Streets, she was grabbed from behind by a man wielding a sharp instrument. He forced her into a nearby alley where she was…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by57 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SorrellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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