Opinion · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Com. v. GENTLES

589 Pa. 728

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania
Date
2006-10-03
Topic
litigation

stating that act of wrapping one’s arms around another person and inserting one’s tongue into another’s mouth clearly involves touching of intimate part; such act does not occur outside of context of sexual or intimate situation | holding evidence was sufficient to convict defendant of indecent assault where defendant wrapped his arms around victim and inserted his tongue into victim’s mouth because act would not occur outside of context of sexual or intimate situation | stating issues that challenge discretionary aspects of sentencing are generally waived if they are not raised during sentencing proceedings or in post-sentence motion | inserting one's tongue into another's mouth clearly involves the touching of an intimate part of that person | “Objections to the discretionary aspects of a sentence are generally waived if they are not raised at the sentencing hearing or raised in a motion to modify the sentence imposed at that hearing.”

Citator

Cited by
170 opinions
909 A.2d 303 (2006)

COM.
v.
GENTLES

No. 232 EAL (2006).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 3, 2006.

Dispostion of petition for allowance of appeal. Denied.