Commonwealth v. Seigrist

PRICE, Judge:

Appellant Clarence Harry Seigrist was convicted of rape 1 and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse 2 after a non-jury trial on January 19, 1976. 3 Written boiler-plate post-verdict motions were denied, and appellant was sentenced to serve five to twenty years imprisonment for rape and to pay the costs of prosecution for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, as verdict winner, the following was established at trial. On August 10,1975, at approximately 9:30 p. m., appellant, armed with a knife, entered the…