Commonwealth v. Smith

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from the Judgment of Sentence entered on December 11, 1981 for the crimes of Rape (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3121(1)), Statutory Rape (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3122), Indecent Assault (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3126(1)) and Corruption of Minors (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6301). 1 We affirm in part and quash in part.

Appellant, Strickland Joseph Smith, questions the sufficiency of the evidence and the legality of the sentence. We find that neither claim justifies a reversal of the lower court’s judgment order.

The facts, viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict winner, reveal that the 13-year-old…