Commonwealth v. Bryant

Steve Bryant (“Appellant”) appeals from an April 26, 2011 judgment of sentence. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm.

The trial court aptly summarized the facts of the case:

In 2005, [R.M.] began living ... in the city of Philadelphia with her cousin [D.B.], [D.B.’s] husband [T.B.], and [D.B.’s] son [M.B.]. While [R.M.] lived there, [D.B.’s] other son, [Appellant], frequently visited the home. In March 2006, when [R.M.] was thirteen years old and [Appellant] was thirty-four years old, [Appellant] touched [R.M.] in an unwanted and sexual manner on five separate occasions while they were…