1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.Super.
  4. 374 Pa.Super.
  5. 374 Pa.Super. 289 (1988)
 

COM. v. HARVEY

374 Pa.Super. 289 (1988)

542 A.2d 1027

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Benjamin HARVEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanton M. Lacks, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Deborah Fleisher, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Com., appellee.

Before CIRILLO, President Judge, and CAVANAUGH, ROWLEY, WIEAND, McEWEN, OLSZEWSKI, BECK, TAMILIA and POPOVICH, JJ.

ROWLEY, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence of four to ten years imprisonment imposed following appellant's conviction by a jury of rape. The primary1 issue to be resolved is whether the five year statute of limitations for rape, 42 Pa.C.S. § 5552(b), should be applied where the statute of limitations in effect when the crime occurred was a two year period, but...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases