COM. v. RUGGIANO

No. 1991 EDA 2009.

14 A.3d 844 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. John RUGGIANO, Jr., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 13, 2010.

Reargument Denied February 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith J. Bidlingmaier , Newtown, for appellant.

Nathaniel F. Spang , Assistant District Attorney and David W. Heckler , Assistant District Attorney, Doylestown, for Commonwealth, appellee.

BEFORE: LAZARUS, OLSON, and FREEDBERG, JJ.


OPINION BY LAZARUS, J.:

John Ruggiano, Jr. appeals from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County. Because we find that the trial court improperly precluded evidence pursuant to the Rape Shield Law, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3104, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Ruggiano was charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse (IDSI) with a child, two (2) counts of indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age,...

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