Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Bey

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 29, 1977No. 42PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JACOBS, Judge:

The facts in this case are uncontroverted. On June 10, 1974, at approximately 5:30 p. m., a twelve year old girl and her 10 year old male playmate were playing in a vacant lot in Philadelphia when they were accosted by a young black male who threatened the children and ordered the little girl to remove her undergarments. He thereupon committed various sexual acts — vaginal, rectal and oral, upon the girl’s person. The children reported the crime to the Philadelphia police and gave the investigating officers a detailed description of the assailant.1 At 10:00 p. m. on the same…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Commonwealth v. KloiberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  4. Commonwealth v. FutchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  2. People v. DeSantisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Commonwealth v. StokesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018

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