COMMONWEALTH v. COSBY

No. 39 MAP 2020.

252 A.3d 1092 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. William Henry COSBY Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: June 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brandon Paul Ging, Esq. , Allegheny County Public Defender's Office, Peter E. Kratsa, Esq. , MacElree Harvey, Ltd., for Amici Curiae PA Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Jill Marie Graziano, Esq. , Michael F. J. Piecuch, Esq. , Snyder County District Attorney's Office, for Amici Curiae Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association.

Aaron Joshua Marcus, Esq. , Meredith Ilissa Zeitzer, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, for Amici Curiae Defenders Association of Philadelphia.

Jennifer Bonjean, Esq. , Matthew S. Ingles, Esq. , Sarah Kelly-Kilgore, Esq. , Brian W. Perry, Esq. , Barbara A. Zemlock, Esq. , Perry Shore Weisenberger & Zemlock, for Appellant William Henry Cosby, Jr.

Hugh J. Burns Jr., Esq. , Josh Shapiro , Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for Amicus Curiae Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.

Robert Martin Falin, Esq. , Adrienne D. Jappe, Esq. , Kevin R. Steele, Esq. , Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, for Appellee Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Virginia A. Gibson, Esq. , Hogan Lovells US, LLP, for Appellee Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN).

Brandon Paul Ging, Esq. , Allegheny County Public Defender's Office, Peter E. Kratsa, Esq. , MacElree Harvey, Ltd, for Amicus Curiae PA Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Jill Marie Graziano, Esq. , Michael F. J. Piecuch, Esq , Snyder County District Attorney's Office, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association.

Aaron Joshua Marcus, Esq , Meredith Ilissa Zeitzer, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae Defenders Association of Philadelphia.

Jennifer Bonjean, Esq. , Matthew S. Ingles, Esq. , Sarah Kelly-Kilgore, Esq. , Brian W. Perry, Esq. , Barbara A. Zemlock, Esq , Perry Shore Weisenberger & Zemlock, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellant.

Adrienne D. Jappe, Esq. , Kevin R. Steele, Esq , Robert Martin Falin, Esq. , Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, Norristown, for Appellee.

Hugh J. Burns Jr., Esq. , Philadelphia, Josh Shapiro , Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, for Amicus Curiae Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Appellee Amicus Curiae, Attorney General of Pennsylvania.

Virginia A. Gibson, Esq. , Hogan Lovells US, LLP, for Appellee Amicus Curiae Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN).

BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

In 2005, Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor learned that Andrea Constand had reported that William Cosby had sexually assaulted her in 2004 at his Cheltenham residence. Along with his top deputy prosecutor and experienced detectives, District Attorney Castor thoroughly investigated...

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