Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Oyler

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 25, 1937No. Appeal, 229PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The defendant has appealed from a sentence imposed by the court below after a verdict finding him guilty of rape. He contends that the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict of guilty and that the trial judge erred in rulings on admission of evidence and in his charge to the jury. A careful examination of the twenty-two assignments of error discloses no substantial error that would warrant a reversal.

Alma Smith testified in part that she was 23 years of age and weighed ninety-one pounds when she was attacked by the defendant; that she was a stenographer in the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CrowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  2. Commonwealth v. ShieldsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  3. Commonwealth v. Del VaccioSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  4. Commonwealth v. CyausSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  5. Maculuso v. Humboldt Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MostellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  2. Feller v. New Amsterdam Cas. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  3. Commonwealth v. KrickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  4. Feller v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  5. Johnson AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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