COMMONWEALTH v. ALSTON


430 Pa. 471 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Alston, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Alston, appellant, in propria persona.

Michael J. Rotko, Assistant District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, July 1, 1968:

James Alston was found guilty on March 17, 1966 by a jury of assault and battery with intent to ravish and corrupting the morals of a minor. A sentence of 2-1/2 to 5 years was imposed for the assault conviction and 18 months to 3 years for the morals conviction, said sentences to run concurrently. The Superior Court affirmed these convictions per curiam without opinion. See

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