Commonwealth v. Barren

WIEAND, Judge:

Keith Barren appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed following his convictions of forcible rape1 and statutory rape.2 All but one of the issues raised pertain to the effectiveness of trial counsel.3

The charges against appellant arose from an alleged sexual assault on an eleven-year-old girl. The minor complain*496ant, Helen Wells, testified that she had been awakened from sleep during the early morning hours of March 13, 1976, by appellant, who had been staying with her mother, Inez McCollum. The minor could not fix the time but said it was sometime after 1:00 o’clock, A.M.…