Commonwealth v. Klinger

CIRILLO, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County denying relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA). 1 Appellant pled guilty in 1978 to one count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and two counts of indecent assault, all arising from a single incident in the city of Harrisburg. Appellant is now before this Court for the second time challenging on numerous grounds the validity of his guilty plea.

FIRST APPEAL

On the evening of June 12, 1977, the victim of these crimes was home alone in her Harrisburg apartment. She answered her…