Commonwealth v. Tejada

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

Ricky Tejada appeals from the judgment of sentence of four to eight years incarceration imposed following his convictions for two counts of aggravated harassment by a prisoner. Appellate counsel has filed a petition to withdraw from representation and a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and Commonwealth v. Santiago, 602 Pa. 159, 978 A.2d 349 (2009). We deny the petition, and order the filing of a merits brief.

The factual history of Appellant’s crimes is straightforward. Appellant, while incarcerated in SCI Albion,…