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COM. v. JOHNSON

520 Pa. 165 (1989)

553 A.2d 897

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Leroy JOHNSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra L. Eilas, Deputy Dist. Atty., Vram Nedurian, Jr., Deborah Fleisher, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., for amicus curiae Philadelphia Dist. Atty.

John G. McDougall, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

The issue which we are called upon to decide in this case is whether the legislature intended that the new five-year statute of limitations period for rape be applied to offenses not already time-barred by the former two-year period as of the date the new five-year statute became effective. We have concluded that the new five-year statute was intended to apply to such offenses and, hence, we reverse the Superior Court...

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