Commonwealth v. McLean

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

Following a conviction by a trial jury for rape and false imprisonment and concurrent sentences of four to ten years and six months, to one year incarceration respectively, appellant now asks us to vacate his sentence and order a new trial. We take up the following issues: (1) whether the trial court erred when it (a) precluded questions concerning the relationship between appellant and victim, when it (b) charged the jury on the requisites for common-law marriage, and when it (c) opined as to the sufficiency of some of the evidence; (2) whether the trial court erred in…