Commonwealth v. Waugaman

OPINION BY

OLSON, J.:

Appellant, Rick Alan Waugaman, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on November 30, 2016, following his jury trial conviction for escape, 18 Pa. C.S.A. § 5121. Upon review, we affirm.

The trial court summarized the facts of this case as follows:

On September 12, 2015, [Appellant] was incarcerated in the Union County Prison. The [trial] court had granted him work-release status. Prison officials released [Appellant] from the work-release section of the prison to go to work on that date at approximately 3:00 ami. [Appellant] did not go to work. Instead, [Appellant]…