Commonwealth v. Nauss

SALUS, J.,

This is an appeal filed by the defendant Robert Nauss Jr., from the sentence imposed by the undersigned following a bench trial wherein the defendant was found guilty of escape under 18 Pa.C.S. §5121 (1983). .

On December 15, 1977, the defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life in prison. The defendant was subsequently incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford. On November 17, 1983, security officers at said institution determined that the defendant was missing. A criminal complaint charging the defendant *548with escape and…