(DOWNLOAD) "Commonwealth Pennsylvania v. Percy Russell Rhoades" by 1985 Superior Court of Pennsylvania No. 721 Harrisburg # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Commonwealth Pennsylvania v. Percy Russell Rhoades
- Author : 1985 Superior Court of Pennsylvania No. 721 Harrisburg
- Release Date : January 02, 1987
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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Percy R. Rhoades was tried by jury and was found guilty of indecent assault1 and corruption of a minor2 because of the sexual molestation of P.S.B., an eight year old female child. Post-trial motions were denied, and Rhoades was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than two years for indecent assault and not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years for corrupting a child. On direct appeal, he argues (1) that inculpatory statements which he made to another prisoner should have been suppressed; (2) that the trial court erred when it held admissible as an excited utterance a hearsay statement by P.S.B. that her father would not have shot her mother if it had not been for what Rhoades had done to her; (3) that the trial court erred by disallowing testimony of prior conduct of the child victim; (4) that he should have been permitted to show the jury his pre-trial willingness to submit to a penile tumescence test intended to show that he was impotent; and (5) that the sentencing court imposed a sentence which exceeded that recommended by the sentencing guidelines. We find no merit in these contentions and, therefore, affirm the judgment of sentence.