Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Bowes

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 31, 1975No. Appeal, 1155PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

Appellant was found guilty by a jury on charges of sodomy and rape. Following denial of post-trial motions he was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of five to ten years. In this appeal from the judgment of sentence he alleges, first, that the court committed reversible error in admitting into evidence a tape-recorded confession of the appellant from which certain allegedly exculpatory portions had been erased; and second, that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdicts.

No questions of voluntariness or authentication are presented in the challenge to…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  5. Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Pack v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  2. DiIorio v. Abington Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. MlinarichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Commonwealth v. MlinarichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. StroupSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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