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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF

PENNSYLVANIA

Appellee

v.

MIGUEL LAUREANO

Appellant No. 1961 EDA 2015

Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence June 17, 2015

In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County

Criminal Division at No(s): CP-51-CR-0010147-2011

BEFORE: BOWES, J., LAZARUS, J., and PLATT, J.*

MEMORANDUM BY LAZARUS, J.: FILED MAY 04, 2016

Miguel Laureano appeals from his judgment of sentence, entered in 

the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, following a non-jury trial 

in which he was convicted of rape of a child,1involuntary deviate sexual 

intercourse with a child,2aggravated indecent assault of a child,3 unlawful 

contact with a minor,4and related offenses. After review, we affirm on the 

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* Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.

1 18 Pa.C.S. § 3121(c).

2 18 Pa.C.S. § 3123(b).

3 18 Pa.C.S. § 3125(b).

4 18 Pa.C.S. § 6318(a)(1).
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basis of the opinion of the Honorable Gwendolyn Bright, dated October 9, 

2015.

Complainant, Y.R., resided with Laureano and his wife, Luz Moralez, 

from the time she was approximately six to eleven years of age. During this 

time, Y.R.’s mother was incarcerated. Moralez previously had been Y.R.’s 

babysitter. Y.R. testified that while living with Laureano and Moralez, 

Laureano sexually assaulted and raped her on a regular basis. At trial, Y.R. 

testified to numerous incidents in which Laureano penetrated her vagina 

with his penis or fingers or otherwise inappropriately touched her. Laureano 

was convicted of the aforementioned crimes and was sentenced on June 17, 

2015, to 25 to 50 years’ incarceration, to be followed by seven years of 

probation. 

Laureano filed a timely notice of appeal and court-ordered concise 

statement of errors complained of on appeal pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b). 

On appeal, Laureano challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, specifically 

arguing that the vagueness of the dates of the alleged misconduct precludes 

his convictions.

Our standard of review in assessing a challenge to the sufficiency of 

the evidence is well-settled. “The standard we apply in reviewing the 

sufficiency of the evidence is whether viewing all of the evidence admitted at 

trial in the light most favorable to the verdict winner, there is sufficient 

evidence to enable the fact-finder to find every element of the crime beyond 

a reasonable doubt.” Commonwealth v. Garland, 63 A.3d 339, 344 (Pa. 
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Super. 2013). “Any doubts concerning an appellant’s guilt [are] to be 

resolved by the trier of fact unless the evidence was so weak and 

inconclusive that no probability of fact could be drawn therefrom.” 

Commonwealth v. West, 937 A.2d 516, 523 (Pa. Super. 2007). Further, 

“the Commonwealth may sustain its burden of proving every element of the 

crime beyond a reasonable doubt by means of wholly circumstantial 

evidence.” Commonwealth v. Perez, 931 A.2d 703, 707 (Pa. Super. 

2007).

Here, Laureano’s sufficiency argument that the Commonwealth failed 

to provide the precise date and time of each criminal act is without merit 

because the record indicates that Laureano repeatedly sexually assaulted the 

victim over a period of time. See Commonwealth v. G.D.M., Sr., 926 

A.2d 984, 990 (Pa. Super. 2007) (”Commonwealth must be afforded broad 

latitude when attempting to fix the date of offenses which involve a 

continuous course of criminal conduct[,]” such as sexual abuse of a 

child (emphasis added)). Thus, Laureano’s argument is unavailing.

We find that Judge Bright’s opinion, dated October 9, 2015, effectively 

addresses Laureano’s claims based upon the sufficiency of the evidence, and 

we affirm on that basis. We direct the parties to attach a copy of the trial 

court’s opinion in the event of further proceedings.

Judgment of sentence affirmed. 
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Judgment Entered.

Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.

Prothonotary

Date: 5/4/2016
Circulated 04/07/2016 09:42 AM