Commonwealth v. Bethea

OPINION BY PLATT, J.:

Appellant, Hillard Bethea, appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed following his jury conviction of rape, aggravated assault, and related crimes. He claims the court erred in denying his pre-trial motion to dismiss pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 600(A)(2)(e). Appellant also challenges the trial court's grant of the Commonwealth's motion in limine to preclude his counsel's continued reference to him as "an innocent man" during voir dire . We affirm.

We derive the facts of the case from the trial court's opinion and our independent review of the…