Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Baldwin

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 6, 1985No. 01724PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BECK, Judge:

Appellant Robert Baldwin appeals from judgment of sentence entered on convictions of rape, incest and corrupting the morals of a child. The charges arose out of a course of conduct in which appellant forced his teenage daughter to engage in intercourse and other sexual activity with him. Baldwin raises the following issues on appeal:(1) The trial court erred in allowing the Commonwealth to call as an expert witness a social worker who had coun: seled the victim and who testified concerning patterns of intrafamilial sexual abuse;(2) Appellant was denied a fair trial by the…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. State v. KellySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
  4. State v. MiddletonOregon Supreme Court · 1983
  5. People v. BledsoeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Duckett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  2. Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. State v. MoranArizona Supreme Court · 1986
  4. State v. MilbradtOregon Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Commonwealth v. DunkleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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