COMMONWEALTH v. RANKIN


226 Pa.Super. 37 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Rankin, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Swigart, for appellant.

John Woodcock, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, and SPAETH, JJ. (SPAULDING, J., absent).


OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., November 16, 1973:

Appellant was tried before the Honorable Robert HABERSTROH and a jury on charges of fornication and bastardy. After the jury returned guilty verdicts, he was sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution, lying-in expenses, and support for a child in the amount of twelve dollars weekly. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in limiting the purposes for which the jury could consider certain evidence introduced by the appellant...

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