Commonwealth v. Wall

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, for purposes of establishing a rape conviction, “[p]enetration, however slight, with the penis is necessary to establish the element of sexual intercourse.”
• holding that Judge Dempsey's rulings as the fact finder and trial judge were not contrary to the weight of the evidence. The Judge's denial of the weight of the evidence claim was affirmed by the Superior Court
• holding the element of sexual intercourse is established entirely by evidence of penile penetration, “however slight,” of the victim’s vagina
• holding the element of sexual intercourse is established entirely by evidence of penile penetration, “however slight,” of the victim’s vagina
• rejecting the appellant’s weight claim where DNA evidence excluded the appellant as the contributor of sperm found on rape victim’s panties, but that evidence also did not require a conclusion that the appellant did not rape the victim
• “A rape victim’s uncorroborated testimony to penal [sic] penetration is sufficient to establish sexual intercourse and thus support a rape conviction.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Gonzalez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-21· cited 452×
• Commonwealth v. Luster
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-23· cited 104×
• Commonwealth v. Moto
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-05-26· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Jennings
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-29· cited 16×
• Braman v. Corbett
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-05-05· cited 11×
• Com. v. Greiner, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-15
• Commonwealth v. Ulrich
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-10-04
• Commonwealth v. Crespo
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-10-28
• Commonwealth v. McDonough
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2013-01-14

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Rossetti
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-08· cited 129×
• Commonwealth v. Trimble
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-23· cited 82×
• Commonwealth v. Kelley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-07-19· cited 80×
• Commonwealth v. Poindexter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-25· cited 78×
• Commonwealth v. Kim
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-11-15· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Price
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-13· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Dehart
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-05-05· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Sullivan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-22· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Stambaugh
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-07· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Derr
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-01-15· cited 19×