Commonwealth v. Trippett

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “the uncorroborated testimony of a sexual assault victim, if believed by the trier of fact, is sufficient to convict a defendant.” (brackets omitted)
• holding where the date of conviction or last date of confinement is within ten years of trial, evidence of the conviction of crimen falsi is per se admissible
• iterating that the Superior Court is not required to “accept bald allegations of excessiveness”
• noting that a bald claim of excessive sentence does not raise a substantial question
• holding bald allegations of excessiveness insufficient to permit discretionary review
• finding the appellant took care of the child while no one else was home and that the sexual abuse occurred while appellant was alone with the child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).