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Commonwealth v. Riley

Citations

  • 643 A.2d 1090
  • 434 Pa. Super. 414
  • 1994 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1324

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  • finding forcible compulsion existed where the appellant, after the victim had rebuffed his request for sex, rolled on top of her, pinning her body with his body weight; the court stated that this was “plainly forcible compulsion”
  • forcible compulsion found where victim refused to have intercourse, but attacker compelled her to do so by laying on top of her and pinning her with his body weight thwarting her attempts to resist and penetrating her
  • forcible compulsion found where victim refused to have intercourse, but attacker compelled her to do so by laying on top of her and pinning her with his body weight thwarting her attempts to resist and penetrating her

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Judges: Cavanaugh, Tamilia and Cercone

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