Commonwealth v. Boyd

244 Pa. Superior Ct. 98 (1976)

366 A.2d 934

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania

v.

Albert Charles BOYD, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted April 12, 1976.

Decided December 15, 1976.

Stephen Toole, Public Defender, Meadville, for appellant.

Paul D. Shafer, Jr., Dist. Atty., Ballard F. Smith, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Meadville, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.

VAN der VOORT, Judge:

Appellant was tried before a judge and jury on a charge of forcible rape. He was convicted. He became a fugitive and his post-trial…