Court Opinion

ID: 9648059
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 14:00:40.681581+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:55.454739
License: Public Domain

EAKIN, Judge,
concurring and dissenting:
I agree there is no merit to the claim counsel was ineffective for failing to request a prompt complaint instruction.
*1092-1098I believe the court’s charge on the elements of the crime was more than sufficient, and quite clear on the Commonwealth’s unfailing burden of proof on the element of consent... I see no basis to suggest the accused is entitled to a “focused charge” on any particular element of a crime. Where a charge is legally sufficient, we should not be vacating verdicts because “it could have been better.” Hence I am constrained to dissent from that portion of the majority which remands.