Johnson v. Commonwealth

OSBORNE, Judge.

The appellant, Herman Johnson, was convicted of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. Arising out of the same incident, he was also charged with and convicted of carrying concealed a deadly weapon and sentenced to two years in prison.

The facts of the case briefly stated are as follows: On June 27, 1967, Dorothy Allen was coming home from a tavern early in the morning. She testified that she was accosted by a person, whom she later identified as appellant; that he hit her on the head with a gun and forced her into a mail truck, where she was raped. Miss Allen testified that…