Commonwealth v. Quartman

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that he was denied his constitutional right to confront witnesses and that the lower court erred in failing to charge the jury that appellant was prohibited by the Rape Shield Law from introducing evidence of the victim’s prior sexual relations. We find no merit in these contentions and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of sentence.

Shortly after an encounter with a fellow inmate at Lycoming County prison, appellant was charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, simple assault and terroristic threats. At a pre-trial hearing on July 14, 1981,…