Commonwealth v. Arnold

HESTER, Judge:

Jane Marie Moran, a then recent graduate of the respiratory therapy program at Robert Packer Hospital in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, met Phillip Evans, a security guard at the hospital, at 11:00 p.m. on May 14, 1979. Miss Moran was a resident in the nurse’s dormitory located next to the hospital. Mr. Evans was completing his workshift when he met Miss Moran at the guard’s station. The couple had planned a date.

Evans and Moran departed in Evan’s automobile and drove to a convenience store in Waverly, Pennsylvania. Following their purchase of a six-pack of beer, the couple…