Com. v. DM

548 Pa. 131 (1997)

695 A.2d 770

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,

v.

D.M., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued October 18, 1996.

Decided May 21, 1997.

Catherine Marshall, Michael Erlich, Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Philadelphia, for Commonwealth.

John W. Packel, Owen W. Larrabee, Philadelphia, for D.M.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

Appellee, a schoolteacher, was tried for indecent assault and corrupting the morals of a minor, and acquitted in a bench trial in the Philadelphia municipal court. He…