Commonwealth v. Stoner

MONTGOMERY, Judge:

The Appellant, John Edward Stoner, Jr., files this direct appeal to our Court following his conviction, after a trial before a jury, on charges of statutory rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and corrupting the morals of a minor. He was represented at trial by privately retained defense counsel, who also filed post-trial motions. On this appeal, he is represented by the Dauphin County Public Defender. He raises several claims of error.

We will initially review Appellant’s contention that the verdict was against the evidence and the weight of the evidence.…