(DOWNLOAD) "Commonwealth Pennsylvania v. William David Devlin" by Supreme Court of Pennsylvania * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Commonwealth Pennsylvania v. William David Devlin
- Author : Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 18, 1975
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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The appellant was found guilty of sodomy by a jury. The victim was a twenty-two year old retarded man who had the mental ability of a first or second grade child and the emotional stability of an even younger child. The sole issue in this case is whether the Commonwealth proved the date of the crime with sufficient particularity to uphold the conviction. The only proof at trial was that the crime occurred some time within a fourteen-month period from February 1971 to April 1972. On this issue of first impression in this Court, we granted allocatur and now reverse.