Commonwealth v. Blash

PRICE, Judge:

On September 8, 1975, appellant William Blash was tried on charges of rape1 and indecent assault.2 A di*573reeted verdict was entered to the rape charge, but appellant was convicted of indecent assault. We reverse.

At trial, the prosecution’s main witnesses were Mrs. Rebecca Lewis and Mrs. Ruby Beaman, who were both employed at Byberry State Hospital in Philadelphia. Mrs. Lewis testified that while working in the hospital on May 10, 1975, she looked out a window which faced the hospital grounds and saw a man behind some bushes. The man was lying on his stomach and “moving up and…