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  Statutory rape (Repealed).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  Statutory rape (Repealed).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  Section 3122 was repealed March 31, 1995 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.985, No.10), effective in 60 days.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) pa · cites it 6× “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) pa · cites it 2× “NOTES [1] 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122. [2] 18 Pa.C.S. § 6301.”
Commonwealth v. Minerd (2000) pa · cites it 2× “§ 3123) and statutory rape (18 Pa.C.S. § 3122) for crimes committed against V.”
Commonwealth v. Rhodes (1984) pa · cites it 6× “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) pa · cites it 2× “[4] 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122. [5] Duvall also presented an objection to retrial on double jeopardy grounds.”
Commonwealth v. Gallagher (2007) pa · cites it 2× “See 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122 (repealed).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) pasuperct · cites it 2× “[2] 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122. [3] 18 Pa.C.S. § 3123.”
Commonwealth v. Mlinarich (1985) pa · cites it 2× “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) pa · cites it 2× “§ 3121; statutory rape, 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122; involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, 18 Pa.”
Commonwealth v. Barren (1979) pasuperct · cites it 2× “Defense counsel obviously decided that his client would be better off if he made no issue concerning the remarks.”
Commonwealth v. Farmer (1976) pasuperct · cites it 2× “§ 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) pasuperct · cites it 2× “[2] 18 Pa.C.S. § 3122 (Purdon 1983). [3] 18 Pa.”
— 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3122(1) — 1 case
Commonwealth v. Wiggins (2006) pactcomplmonroe
— 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3122(b) — 1 case
Com. v. Velez-Zaragoza, F. (2023) pasuperct
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