Commonwealth v. Thek

KELLY, Judge:

Appellant, Fred Thek, Jr., appeals from judgment of sentence imposed following his conviction of statutory rape, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, incest, corruption of minors, and terroristic threats. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Appellant contends on appeal that: (1) trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance; (2) the trial court erred as a matter of law in its instruction to the jury based upon the jury’s question concerning the forcible compulsion element of the charge of rape; 1 (3) the charges against the appel lant should have been…