Commonwealth v. Kelly

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that a felony corruption of minors conviction under subsection (a)(1)(ii) requires multiple acts over some period of time
• holding that grabbing and “playing with” a minor’s genitals is sufficient to sustain a conviction for corruption of minors
• concluding that single act of grabbing person’s genitals could not constitute “course of conduct”
• noting that the use of the phrase “course of conduct” imposes a requirement of multiple acts over time
• explaining that it is not for the courts to add to a statute a requirement its author did not include
• remand[ing] for resentencing where felony conviction of corruption of minors was altered to lesser included misdemeanor conviction of [c]orruption of [m]inors

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-03-20· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Devries
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-03-20· cited 45×
• Com. v. Barkman, N.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-05-19· cited 34×
• In the Int. of: D.C., Appeal of: D.C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-09-03· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Grow
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-09-04· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Spanier
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-26· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Baker-Myers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-05-21· cited 6×
• In the Interest of: D.P., Appeal of: D.P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-06-02· cited 6×
• Com. v. Spanier, G.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-26
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Baker-Myers, J.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-07-21
• Com. v. Mancuso, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-04-10
• Com. v. Cooper, H.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-04-22

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Widmer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-20· cited 1,854×
• Commonwealth v. Rieck Investment Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-09-29· cited 154×
• Kmonk-Sullivan v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-19· cited 147×
• Commonwealth v. McClintic
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-22· cited 137×
• Commonwealth v. Urrutia
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-27· cited 121×
• Commonwealth v. Booth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-02-20· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. McCoy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-01-23· cited 110×
• Martin v. DOT, Bureau of Driver Licensing
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-08-22· cited 86×
• Commonwealth v. Sims
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-04-18· cited 79×
• Commonwealth v. Kyle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-05-16· cited 76×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-02-23· cited 74×
• Commonwealth v. Blackwell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-09-12· cited 47×
• Nationwide Insurance v. Schneider
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-11-19· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Leach
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-08· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Reese
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-21· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Waters
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-29· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Sewell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-19· cited 6×