Commonwealth v. Reefer

JOHNSON, Judge.

Following a nonjury trial, Judge Judith L.A. Friedman convicted Paul L. Reefer of rape, statutory rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault and corruption of minors. Judge Friedman sentenced Reefer to an aggregate term of five to twenty years’ imprisonment after merger.

On direct appeal, Reefer now contends the trial court erred in ruling that the Commonwealth’s two witnesses — the thirteen-year old victim and his mother — could not be impeached through testimony of defense witnesses regarding the past sexual conduct of the two Commonwealth witnesses. We…