Court Opinion

ID: 9748832
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 16:14:48.977973+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:39.866554
License: Public Domain

CAPPY, Justice,
concurring.
I join in the majority opinion and write separately to state that I would go further and specifically overrule Commonwealth v. Richardson, 504 Pa. 358, 473 A.2d 1361 (1984), as it applies to any case involving allegations of sexual misconduct where the parties are of different races — especially where the victim is white and the assailants are African-American.
In my view, to conclude that allegations of rape or other sexual misconduct involving black males and white females is not racially sensitive per se, is to close your eyes to reality.