COMMONWEALTH v. HENNINGER

No. 991 of 1980.

25 Pa. D. & C. 3d 625 (1981)

Commonwealth v. Henninger

Common Pleas Court of Erie County, Pennsylvania.

January 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Dailey, for Commonwealth.

Jay Nedll, for defendant.


McCLELLAND, J., January 19, 1981.

Defendant has presented this court with the novel question of whether a female can legitimately be charged with the crime of statutory rape under the laws of this Commonwealth.

Defendant argues that the statute does not admit of the capability of a female to commit the crime of statutory rape in Pennsylvania.

The prohibition against intercourse with persons...

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