Commonwealth v. Williams

McEWEN, Judge:

Appellant, Kenneth Williams, was convicted of rape, solicitation to commit sodomy, assault with intent to commit sodomy and criminal conspiracy on December 16, 1975, following a jury trial before the Honorable Matthew J. Bullock, Jr. of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Bail, which had originally been set at one thousand dollars, was increased after the verdict to two thousand five hundred dollars pending disposition of post-trial motions. The appellant failed to appear in Court on May 7, 1976, the date scheduled for the argument upon those motions. The Court…