Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gaffney
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 30, 1997No. 01352PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OLSZEWSKI, Judge:
Dennis Gaffney (appellant) appeals from a judgment of sentence entered on December 23, 1996, by the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County. We affirm.
On December 31, 1995, appellant invited a nine-year-old neighborhood girl into his home. Once the girl was inside, appellant removed his pants and exposed his genitals to the child. He then proceeded to pull down her pants, and violated the girl’s vagina orally and manually. Afterwards, the victim fled the house crying hysterically. The father of the victim found her soon after and called the police.
On October 19, 1996,…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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