Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Pearsall

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 18, 1987No. 1436PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Judge:

Appellant, George Pearsall, appeals from judgment of sentence imposed following his conviction of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and corruption of minors. The charges arose from appellant’s sexual abuse of the fifteen year old daughter of the woman with whom appellant lived. The child victim functions in the retarded range according to standard intelligence tests. The sexual assaults occurred at three different residences and occurred during a fifteen month period.

Appellant contends on appeal that: 1) the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the verdict; 2) the…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SeeseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Commonwealth v. ReddixSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Kozak v. StruthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. BerriosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. EllisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Commonwealth v. GroffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. LyonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. BowserSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  5. Commonwealth v. McDermottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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