Commonwealth v. Grayson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “[t]he statute is addressed to indecent contact; tactile sensory awareness by the victim is not mandated by the statute, and we decline to engraft such a requirement upon it.”
• “Words and phrases in a statute are to be construed according to their common meaning and accepted usage.”
• where defendant brushed his penis against the underside of the victim's jaw, evidence supported conviction of indecent assault
• where defendant brushed his penis against the underside of the victim’s jaw, evidence supported conviction of indecent assault
• defendant rubbed penis against victim’s jaw
• defendant rubbed penis against victim's jaw

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Berryman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-01· cited 94×
• Commonwealth v. Campbell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-24· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Henderson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-10· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Capo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-16· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Gerulis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-13· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. O'Neill
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-08-31· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Hawkins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-24· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Hogans
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-21· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Ricco
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-12· cited 17×
• United States v. Rosas-Pulido
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-05-01· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Campbell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-28· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Giampa
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-03-18· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Morales
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 1998-12-09· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Parmelee
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2005-06-30· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Bungarz
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 1998-12-07
• Commonwealth v. Moore
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2014-10-31

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-08-05· cited 77×
• Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Resources v. Butler County Mushroom Farm
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-23· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Pearsall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-18· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Westcott
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-19· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Capers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-08· cited 32×