18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3122
Statutory rape (Repealed).
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§ 3122. Statutory rape (Repealed).
1995 Repeal. Section 3122 was repealed March 31, 1995 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.985, No.10), effective in 60 days.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 61
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1975–2024 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Rhodes
Commonwealth v. Rhodes (1986)
“Although we do not minimize the heinous nature of appellant's act, it seems clear that the act of vaginal intercourse was criminal because of the provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122 defining statutory rape and not because it was a forcible rape as defined in 18 Pa.”
Commonwealth v. Black (1985)
“NOTES [1] 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122. [2] 18 Pa.C.S. § 6301.”
Commonwealth v. Minerd (2000)
“§ 3123) and statutory rape (18 Pa.C.S. § 3122) for crimes committed against V.”
Commonwealth v. Rhodes (1984)
“Statutory rape is defined at 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122 as follows: A person who is 18 years of age or older commits statutory rape, a felony of the second degree, when he engages in sexual intercourse with another person not his spouse who is less than 14 years of age.”
Commonwealth v. Shirey (1984)
“[4] 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122. [5] Duvall also presented an objection to retrial on double jeopardy grounds.”
Commonwealth v. Gallagher (2007)
“See 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122 (repealed). Therefore, the relevant offense plainly incorporated Section 3102's prescription that no mistake-of-age defense is available where the offense includes an element that the victim is under 14 years of age.”
Commonwealth v. Bey (1977)
“[2] 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122. [3] 18 Pa.C.S. § 3123.”
Commonwealth v. Mlinarich (1985)
“Instead, the legislature created a separate offense of statutory rape, a felony of the second degree, which it defined as sexual intercourse by a person eighteen years of age with a person not a spouse who is less than fourteen years of age.”
Commonwealth v. Hitchcock (1989)
“§ 3121; statutory rape, 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122; involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, 18 Pa.”
Commonwealth v. Barren (1979)
“Defense counsel obviously decided that his client would be better off if he made no issue concerning the remarks.”
Commonwealth v. Farmer (1976)
“§ 3126) did not merge nor was it a lesser included offense in the crime of statutory rape (18 Pa.C.S. § 3122). This conclusion was arrived at after noting that the requirement that the act be offensive or forceful is a necessary prerequisite to a conviction of *339 indecent…”
Commonwealth v. Hanawalt (1992)
“[2] 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122 (Purdon 1983). [3] 18 Pa.”
— 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3122(1) — 1 case
Commonwealth v. Wiggins (2006)
— 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3122(b) — 1 case
Com. v. Velez-Zaragoza, F. (2023)
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