Commonwealth v. Myers

WIEAND, Judge:

Leroy Myers was tried by jury and was found guilty of kidnapping, 1 false imprisonment, 2 rape, 3 simple and aggra vated assault, 4 and possession of an instrument of crime. 5 Post-trial motions were denied, 6 and Myers was sentenced to serve consecutive terms of imprisonment of ten to twenty years for rape, seven and one-half to fifteen years for kidnapping, and two and one-half to five years for possession of an instrument of crime. 7 On direct appeal from the judgment of sentence, Myers argues that the trial court (1) abused its discretion by refusing a defense request to ask…