Commonwealth v. Bethlehem

MELINSON, Judge.

Appellant, Richard Allen Bethlehem, appeals from judgment of sentence imposed following convictions of rape, statutory rape, and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse arising from his sexual abuse of his young niece. Bethlehem contends that this action was brought outside the applicable statute of limitations. Regrettably, appellant is correct and we are constrained to reverse the convictions and discharge appellant.

This appeal presents the following four questions relating to the application of various statute of limitations provisions to the facts of this case.

I. Whether…