Commonwealth v. Smith

Appellant was convicted of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors, and indecent assault, and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than two and a half nor more than five years. On this appeal he alleges 1) that the lower court erred in finding the victim competent to testify; 2) that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing at the voir dire to interrogate and strike a juror who had been previously employed by the prosecuting police officer, and for failing to impeach a Commonwealth witness on the basis of his prior convictions; and 3) that he was…