Commonwealth v. Richter

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Richter, 686 A.2d 825 (Pa. 1997)
546 Pa. 511; 1997 Pa. LEXIS 45

Commonwealth v. Richter

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 8th day of January, 1997, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, limited to the issue of whether a court can properly admit evidence in a rape trial of the defendant’s past sexual assaults against the victim to explain the victim’s failure to resist and to establish that the intercourse occurred through forcible compulsion or threat of forcible compulsion.

Reference

Full Case Name
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Paul A. RICHTER
Status
Published