Commonwealth v. Johnson

TAMILIA, Judge:

Appellant, Richard Johnson, was convicted by a jury of rape, indecent assault and corrupting the morals of a minor in connection with an incident in which he forced the ten-year old complainant to engage in sexual intercourse. He was sentenced to the mandatory five to ten year term of *187incarceration for rape.1 No sentence was imposed on the remaining offenses. Johnson now appeals the judgment of sentence and argues he should have been permitted to introduce evidence of a prior nonconsensual sexual assault against the victim. This evidence was disallowed by the trial court…