Commonwealth v. Waters

248 Pa. Superior Ct. 123 (1977)

374 A.2d 1348

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,

v.

John B. WATERS.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted June 14, 1976.

Decided June 29, 1977.

Steven H. Goldblatt, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Larry A. Colston, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.

PRICE, Judge:

Appellee, John B. Waters, was convicted of rape[1] and burglary.[2] The lower court granted appellee's post-verdict motion for a new trial, holding that his arrest and subsequent…