Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 6/9/1998
Commonwealth v. Fernsler
Citations
- 715 A.2d 435
- 1998 Pa. Super. LEXIS 862
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- explaining that “evidence tending to show that a victim had a motive to lie or fabricate sex assault charges against an accused is relevant because of its exculpatory nature[.]”
- permitting sexual-history evidence which could demonstrate the accused had a motive to fabricate the allegations to gain favorable treatment while in a juvenile sex-offender program
- evidence that victim-son was in a juvenile sex offenders program for conduct towards his half-sister was admissible to show he fabricated sexual abuse allegations against appellant-father in order to receive more lenient treatment
- evidence that victim-son was in a juvenile sex offenders program for conduct towards his half-sister was admissible to show he fabricated sexual abuse allegations against appellant-father in order to receive more lenient treatment
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Judges: McEwen, Musmanno, Brosky
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FinkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-02-08· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. AllburnSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-08· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. NorthripSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-03-10· cited 23×
- State v. ColburnMontana Supreme Court· 2016-02-23· cited 21×
- State v. AwberyMontana Supreme Court· 2016-03-01· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. RuggianoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-12-13· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. Rogers, E., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-05-18
- Commonwealth v. BungarzBerks County Court of Common Pleas· 1998-12-07
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
- Commonwealth v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-11· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-07· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-03-28· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. WallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-26· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. RileySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-09· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. NievesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-26· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. GuySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-11-18· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. EckSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-03-30· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-11-27· cited 20×
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