Commonwealth v. Sanford

HUDOCK, Judge:

The defendant, Edward R. Sanford, was charged with and, at the conclusion of a non-jury trial, convicted of attempted rape, indecent assault, and corruption of minors. In response to the defendant’s motion, the trial court granted a new trial. The defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment was denied. The Commonwealth appeals the order granting defendant a new trial, and the defendant cross-appeals from that portion of the order denying his motion in arrest of judgment. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the order.

At the time of the incident giving rise to the criminal…