Title: Commonwealth v. Baker-Myers, J. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner v. JAMES DUANE BAKER-MYERS, Respondent : : : : : : : : : : : No. 193 WAL 2019 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 26th day of November, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are: (1) Whether the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, citing the case of Commonwealth v. Magliocco, 883 A.2d 479 (Pa. 2005), properly held the language “in violation of Chapter 31” is an essential element necessary for a conviction of Corruption of Minors as a felony of the third degree[.] (2) Whether the evidence was sufficient for a conviction of Corruption of Minors as a felony of the third degree despite the jury’s acquittal of Rape, Sexual Assault, Aggravated Indecent Assault and Indecent Assault[.]