2016 Pa. Super. 105 - Commonwealth v. Aikens’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
February 2025
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · United States v. DiFrancesco · Commonwealth v. Booth · Commonwealth v. Dickson · Commonwealth v. Magliocco
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) Offense defined. — A person commits an offense if he is intentionally in contact with a minor, or a law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his duties who has assumed the identity of a minor, for the purpose of engaging in an activity prohibited under any of the following ... : (1) Any of the offenses enumerated in Chapter 31 (relating to sexual offenses). [[Image here]] (b) Grading. — A violation of subsection (a) is: (1)- an offense of the same grade and degree as the most serious underlying offense in subsection (a) [herein Chapter 31 offenses] for which the defem dant contacted the! minor; or (2) a felony of the third degree; whichever is greater.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[Defendant] has been charged with unlawful contact with a minor. To find [Defendant] guilty of this offense, you must find that each of the following elements has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt: First, that [Defendant] was intentionally in contact for the purpose of engaging in an unlawful act — and in this case, that unlawful act is alleged to be [IDSI], the crime that we just discussed, that I just defined for you[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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