COMMONWEALTH v. RANSOM


369 Pa. 153 (1952)

Commonwealth v. Ransom, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 7, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy K. Donaldson, with him Joseph Solomon, for appellant.

John S. Powers, Assistant District Attorney, with him Sherman K. Levine, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, BELL, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, January 7, 1952:

The defendant was found guilty of rape and robbery, and from sentence and judgment thereon he appealed to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and thence to this Court.

This appeal revolves around the troublesome subject of the admissibility of evidence of allegedly similar and related crimes, viz., evidence of attempted rape and robbery, several hours, and of rape forty-eight hours prior to the commission of this...

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