Court Opinion

ID: 9761112
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 01:31:53.630938+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:20.180929
License: Public Domain

OLSZEWSKI, Judge,
dissenting.
Although I give due regard to the reasoning of the majority, I believe the facts of this case do not support a charge on the lesser offense of indecent assault. Accordingly, I must respectfully dissent. The victim testified that appellant kissed her vagina. The trial court allowed the jury to consider charges of attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and rape to go to the jury. My reading of the caselaw in this area indicates that the act of kissing the victim’s vagina would support the charge of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. See, Opinion by Cirillo, J., at note 1 (collecting cases). It is unclear why the trial court limited the jury’s consideration of the charge of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse to attempt. Since I find that there was no dispute regarding whether the contact involved was sufficient to support the penetration element of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, I find that appellant was not entitled to an instruction on the lesser offense of indecent contact. I would affirm the judgment of sentence.