Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Sandusky

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 2, 2013PublishedCited by 125 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

PANELLA, J.:

Appellant, Gerald A. Sandusky, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered October 9, 2012, in the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County. We affirm.

A jury convicted Sandusky of 45 counts relating to the sexual abuse of young boys. The eight victims, now all adults, testified in detail about the sexual depravity they suffered as young boys at Sandusky’s hands. Combined, the abuse spanned a thirteen-year period, 1995 to 2008. San-dusky met all the victims through a nonprofit he founded called The Second Mile, an organization with the declared purpose of serving…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. Gonzalez-LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  2. Morris v. SlappySupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Commonwealth v. ManleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  5. Commonwealth v. HugginsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013

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3Cited by125 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  2. Commonwealth v. BeckerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  3. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. Commonwealth v. HallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Brooks, W.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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