Commonwealth v. Ortiz

How courts have described this case

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

• holding “entrance in the labia is sufficient” to constitute penetration
• distinguishing penetration of the vagina from penetration of the labia, and concluding that “some penetration however slight” includes penetration of the labia
• distinguishing penetration of the vagina from penetration of the labia, and concluding that “some penetration however slight” includes penetration of the labia
• twelve-year old victim's testimony that defendant had licked her vagina was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse
• twelve-year old victim’s testimony that defendant had licked her vagina was sufficient to support defendant’s conviction for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse
• stating “entrance in the labia is sufficient” to constitute penetration

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Gilliam, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-03-12· cited 91×
• Commonwealth v. Trimble
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-23· cited 82×
• Commonwealth v. McIlvaine
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-17· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Hawkins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-24· cited 24×
• United States v. Jahagirdar
  First Circuit· 2006-10-20· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Ritchie
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-30· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Bungarz
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 1998-12-07

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. McNeal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-22· cited 120×
• Commonwealth v. Bowes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-07-20· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Seeley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-04-12· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Watson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-21· cited 4×