Commonwealth v. Todd

SPAETH, President Judge:

This is an appeal from judgments of sentence for indecent exposure and corruption of a minor. This is appellant’s second trial. At his first trial the jury acquitted him of indecent assault but could not reach a verdict on the charges of indecent exposure and corruption of a minor. Appellant’s principal argument is that the doctrine of collateral estoppel precluded the admission at his second trial of evidence of his touching of the victim because that evidence had been introduced at his first trial and was not accepted by the jury. We agree, and therefore vacate and…