COMMONWEALTH v. SMITH

No. 163.

64 Pa. D. & C. 2d 441 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Smith

Common Pleas Court of Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

November 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Zanakos, Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth.

Joseph Reihman, for defendant.


FRANCIOSA, J., November 16, 1973.

Defendant was charged with statutory rape, assault with intent to ravish and corrupting the morals of a 15-year-old child. The jury found defendant guilty of fornication* and corrupting morals and not guilty of statutory rape and assault with intent to ravish.

At trial, the defense raised was the victim's bad reputation for chastity. The jury's verdict on the statutory rape charge establishes the...

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