Commonwealth v. Borger

KELLY, Judge:

In this appeal, we are called upon to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying appellant’s, Allen Dale Borger’s, petition to reinstate his post-verdict motions which had been dismissed following his escape from the Lehigh County Prison while his post-verdict motions had been pending before the trial court. We hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to reinstate appellant’s post-verdict motions based upon its finding that there were no meritorious circumstances in connection with appellant’s escape and later apprehension that…