Commonwealth v. Hall

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

We are here presented with an appeal by Luke Kane Hall and a counter appeal by the Commonwealth. Hall’s appeal is from the trial court’s judgment of sentence and is pursuant to an order of court which granted leave to file an appeal to this court nunc pro tune. The Commonwealth’s appeal is from the grant of the nunc pro tunc order.

The background is that Hall was arrested after an encounter with police officers in Reading. He had been subjected to a weapons search and, when the officer found a bulge in his pants pocket, Hall ran away and, while being pursued, discarded what…