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INTHECOURTOFCOMMONPLEASOFCENTRECOUNTY.PENNSYLVANIACRIMINALDIVISIONCOMMONWEALTHOFPENNSYLVANIA
vs.
GERALD
A.
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TheDefendanthasfiled
an
ApplicationforMoreSpecificBillofParticulars
MEMORANDUM
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assertingthattheCommonwealthhasfailedtoprovidesufficientlyspecificdetails
regardingthecrimesallegedintheInformation.BecausetheCommonwealth
explainedatargument
On
theDefendant'sApplicationthatitcannotprovidemore
specificdetails,theDefendant'sApplicationwillbedismissedasmoot.
OnFebruary13,2012,I
enteredanorderdirectingtheCommonwealthto
specifythetime.date,andlocationofanyoffenses,andtheageofthevictimat
thetime,orexplainitsinabilitytodo
50.1
Theorderwasframedinaccordance
withthelong
standinglaw
ofPennsylvaniathatthe
Commonwealth
must
supply
1
Thisis,ofcourse,anentirelydifferentmatterfromevidencetheCommonwealthmay
have
toprovidetotheDefendantas"discovery"materialunderPa.R.Crim.P.
573,
or
as
exculpatorymaterial
which
mustbe
providedasrequiredbyBradyv.Maryland,373U.S.83(1963).Anydisputesoverwhatmaterialmustbeincluded
indiscoverywillbedeterminedinaseparateproceeding.
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adate"fixedwithreasonablecertainty'whenadefendantisaccusedofhavingsexuallyassaultedachild.
Cornr.nonwe~dth
v.LevYl
23
A,2d97
(Pa.
1941).As
the
PennsylvaniaSupreme
Court
subsequentlyexplained,
if
theCommonwealthdoesnotfixadatewithreasonablecertainty
it
"wouldviolatethenotionsof
fundamental
fairnessembeddedinour
legal
process,"
G9.mm.ol1\N_~;;J.JJt'),y!.J?~lin,
333
A.2d
888,891(Pa.1975),because
otherwise
a
defendantis
notprovidedsufficientnoticetomeetthechargesandprepareadefense,Con:lJTl_o.owealth.G?.!R-t;ons,84A,2d776(2001).AlonglineofPennsylvaniacaseshasrefinedandappliedthis
standardto
variousfactualsituations
involvingassaults
againstchildren.
2
andprovidestheCommonwealthgreaterlatitudewhentheallegedcrimesinvolvesexualoffensesagainstayoungchild.
3
However.
theCommonwealthstatedatargumentthatitcannotprovide
furtherdetailsbeyondwhat
it
hasalreadysuppliedinitsBUIofParticulars.
Therefore,
any
order
directingtheCommonwealthtosupplydetailswouldbea
2
See,forexample,
9.QmrnC?nwE;l,a.lth
_v~..Ni~lTI.e~,422A.2d1369(Pa.Super.1980);CommonwealthY~.f.?DJ!Ul,547A.2d1201(Pa.Super.1988);COrnl11_Qowealth.Groff,548A,2d1237(Pa.Super.1988);CommonwealULY!Bethlehem,570A.2d563(Pa.Super.1989);
C9r.n1l10r:nN~9.I!h
v.Szarkoz.616A.2d26(Pa.Super.1992);Commonwealtl1..
....
~kt'.f?gh,
680A.2d877(Pa.Super.1996);C.ommonwealth
v,
G.p.,
765A.2d363(Pa.Super.2000);Commonwealth
v,..
en~.,
818A.2d533(Pa.Super.2003);ComrngnwealtDv_G.D.M.Sr.•926A,2d984(Pa.Super.2007);andCommonwealthv.B_rooks
t
7
A,
3d852(Pa.Super.
2010).
3
TheCommonwealthcan
meet
thisburden,forexample,withevidenceinadditiontothatprovided
by
thevlctlm.SeeCommonwealthv_Groff,supra,whichheld"...inordertoensureafairtrialforthedefendant,theCommonwealthshouldconductathoroughexaminationandcomeforwardwithanyevidencewithindicateswhentheallegedcrimeis
most
likelytohavetakenplace."548A.2dat1241.
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futileact
since
the
Commonwealthhas
explaineditcannotsupplythedetailsrequested.Therefore,Ienterthefollowing:
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