· 10/14/1986
Commonwealth v. McClucas
Citations
- 516 A.2d 68
- 357 Pa. Super. 449
- 1986 Pa. Super. LEXIS 12614
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that victim’s repeated sexual abuse by father over a five year period was “not susceptible to being dated within a ‘reasonable degree of certainty’ ”
- explaining that, because the sexual offenses occurred over a period of time, “we are not prepared to say that the lack of chronological specificity seriously encroached upon appellant’s ability to defend himself’
- upholding a span of fourteen months because, “Inasmuch as the crimes, in toto, occurred over a period of time, we are not prepared to say that the lack of chronological specificity seriously encroached upon appellant's ability to defend himself.”
- trial court did not err in admitting evidence of defendant’s sexual abuse of daughter over five-year period
- trial court did not err in admitting evidence of defendant's sexual abuse of daughter over five-year period
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Judges: Olszewski, Cercone, Hester
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