Commonwealth v. Kaminski

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County after a jury trial at which appellant was found guilty of escape. 18 Pa.C.S. § 5121. Following the denial of his post-verdict motions, appellant was sentenced to two and one half to five years imprisonment. This appeal followed.

On April 28, 1983, when the alleged escape occurred, appellant was imprisoned at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview in Centre County. On the same day, a criminal complaint was filed and an arrest warrant was issued. Although a search for…