Commonwealth v. Richardson

Opinion by

Watkins, P. J.,

This appeal is from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Criminal Division, for rape and indecent assault after a non-jury trial.

The appellant avers there was not sufficient evidence to find him guilty of rape on the testimony of the victim alone and because of the time delay in notifying the police. The act having been committed at 6:00 a.m. and the call to police a,t 5 :00 p.m.

The Commonwealth’s case was based on the testimony of Miss Priscilla Gaskins, twenty years of age and slight of build. She testified that she knew the…