Commonwealth v. Reidenbaugh

Opinion by

Price, J.,

Appellant, Charles Edward Reidenbaugh, was convicted by a jury of rape,1 statutory rape,2 sodomy,3 corrupting the morals of a minor,4 and assault and battery with intent to ravish.5

The convictions arose from an incident which occurred in the early morning hours of May 27, 1973. At that time, two young girls, Janet Mills and Elizabeth Kephart, were near West View Park, in the County of Allegheny attempting to contact a cab to take them home. Several men, among them the appellant, approached the girls and offered them a ride home. However, once the girls were in the car, the…