Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. V.A.M.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 10, 2009PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

BENDER, J.:

¶ 1 V.A.M. (Appellant) appeals from the order denying his petition for expungement of his arrest and conviction record after he was granted a new trial on charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, robbery, and criminal conspiracy and the re-trial did not take place because the Commonwealth nolle prossed all charges, having failed to locate the complaining victim. We reverse and remand.

*133¶ 2 The trial court set forth the factual and procedural history of this case as follows:

In 1986, Appellant, [V.A.M.], was arrested and subsequently charged with Rape,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WexlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. Commonwealth v. MaloneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. D.M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  4. Commonwealth v. A.M.R.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. Commonwealth v. HannaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. V.G.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  2. Commonwealth v. MotoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Com. v. VAMSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  4. Com. v. VGSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010

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