COM. v. SMITH


280 Pa.Super. 222 (1980)

421 A.2d 693

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Joseph Pete SMITH, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Ruane, Jr., Public Defender, Uniontown, for appellant.

Gerald R. Solomon, District Attorney, Uniontown, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before SPAETH, HOFFMAN and VAN der VOORT, JJ.


HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that: 1) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict; 2) the verdict was contrary to the weight of the evidence; 3) the statutory rule permitting rape convictions to stand on the uncorroborated testimony of the victim should be reformed; and 4) the trial court erred in barring spectators, including appellant's mother, from the courtroom when the victim began to testify and in surrounding him with guards during the trial...

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