Commonwealth v. Friend

EAKIN, Judge:

Kenneth Lee Friend appeals from the judgment of sentence entered February 12, 1997, following his conviction of driving under the influence, (DUI), 75 Pa.C.S. Section 3731(a)(4). We affirm.

The Commonwealth’s evidence included appellant’s on-the-scene responses to questions of a police officer, admitting he was the driver of the car and had been drinking beer. N.T., 2/12/97, at 24, 26. In this timely direct appeal, appellant claims the court erred in admitting these statements before the corpus delicti of DUI was established. 1 Since the corpus delicti rule is a rule of evidence,…