Commonwealth v. Richter

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

On October 27, 1994, a jury found appellant Paul Richter guilty of rape, indecent assault and unlawful restraint of his pregnant ex-wife. The Honorable Gary S. Glazer dispensed punishment on December 19,1994, as he sentenced Richter to consecutive prisons terms of six-to-twenty years, for the rape conviction, and eight-to-sixteen months, for the indecent assault conviction. 1 This appeal follows.

The incident from which Richter’s convictions stem was summarized by the trial court as follows:

On May 6, 1993, at approximately 7:30 a.m., [Richter] called his ex-wife, who was 19…