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· 10/6/1977

Commonwealth v. Mangello

Citations

  • 378 A.2d 897
  • 250 Pa. Super. 202
  • 1977 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2362

How courts have described this case

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

  • Upholding trial court's finding of competency of six-year-old victim of rape where she adequately demonstrated her appreciation of the moral responsibility to be truthful or her consciousness of the duty to speak the truth
  • five year-old victim's belief that people who tell lies \go to jail\, held sufficient
  • five year-old victim’s belief that people who tell lies “go to jail”, held sufficient

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Judges: Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van Voort Spaeth

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