Kauffmann V. Commonwealth

Paul James Kauffmann, Jr., seeks reversal of his conviction for the aggravated sexual battery of his fourteen year-old daughter. His principal claims are (1) that his confessions were not admissible because they were involuntarily given and because they were obtained in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966); and (2) that out-of-court statements made by his deceased daughter, and which suggested that Kauffmann had molested her, were improperly admitted into evidence.