Commonwealth v. Yon

Opinion by

Price, J.,

Following a jury trial on August 1, 1974, appellant was found guilty of statutory rape,1 sodomy,2 and corrupting the morals of a minor child.3 Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were filed and denied, and on November 25, 1974, appellant was sentenced. The sentence was modified on January 20, 1975, and this appeal followed.

The only issue raised by appellant concerns the lower court’s refusal to quash the indictments for lack of specificity of the date or dates on which the alleged offenses took place.

The situation giving rise to this appeal is both sad and…