Commonwealth v. Kelley

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that where an “appeal raises a question of law, our scope of review is plenary”
• relying on dictionary to determine plain meaning and ordinary usage of term “intercourse” as used in Section 3101 of the Crimes Code
• relying on dictionary to determine plain meaning and ordinary usage of term \intercourse\ as used in Section 3101 of the Crimes Code
• providing that digital penetration can be classified as sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse only it is of the mouth or anus because the statutory definitions of those terms do not include digital penetration of the vagina
• stating offense of sexual assault requires act of sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse
• “We construe non-technical words and phrases in statutes, which remain undefined, according to their ordinary usage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Com. v. Juray, R., Jr.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-05-06· cited 143×
• Hess v. Gebhard & Co. Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-16· cited 139×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-10-20· cited 132×
• Commonwealth v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-09-24· cited 132×
• Commonwealth v. Castelhun
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-14· cited 93×
• Ruthrauff, Inc. v. Ravin, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-08· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Hart
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-09-28· cited 61×
• Com. v. Banniger, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-10-11· cited 60×
• Commonwealth v. Wall
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-10· cited 50×
• Zimmerman v. Harrisburg Fudd I, L.P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-10-19· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Foster
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-09-01· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Ostrosky
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-04· cited 25×
• Nelida Cabeda v. Attorney General United States
  Third Circuit· 2020-08-18· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Gerald
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-06-19· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Filer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-03-19· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Hacker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-10-09· cited 22×
• Com. v. Rivera, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-05-24· cited 22×
• Com. v. Dove, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-07-25· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Hansley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-05-05· cited 13×
• Salvadia v. Ashbrook
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-04-17· cited 13×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Rhodes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-06· cited 230×
• Phillips v. A-Best Products Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-18· cited 218×
• Commonwealth v. Booth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-02-20· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Harner
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-12· cited 104×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-15· cited 96×
• Commonwealth v. Berkowitz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-27· cited 72×
• Commonwealth v. Besch
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-17· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Bishop
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-11-24· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Hagan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-15· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Westcott
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-19· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Brachbill
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Hitchcock
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-11-08· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Lee
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-16· cited 28×
• West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Co. v. Philadelphia & West Chester Turnpike Road Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1898-07-21· cited 4×