Yarnell v. Commonwealth

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict which convicted Yarnell of 16 counts of various sexual offenses and sentenced him to a term of life imprisonment plus 290 years.

The issues presented are whether there was sufficient evidence as to forcible compulsion; whether the evidence required an instruction on sexual misconduct; whether the defendant was prejudiced by amending Count One of the indictment; whether double jeopardy would be involved in any retrial on the first-degree rape charges; whether the admission of testimony concerning similar acts was…