Commonwealth v. Burwell

OPINION BY

LAZARUS, J.

This case is back to our Court for the third time after having been remanded for a proper Pa.R.A.P. 1925(a) trial court opinion and the filing of an advocate’s brief.1 Upon careful review, we affirm Burwell’s judgment of sentence for aggravated assault.

Burwell struck his victim in the face and wrist with an electric guitar, causing the victim to suffer a broken wrist, cracked eye socket and resulting numbness on the left side of his face for two months following the incident. A jury convicted Burwell of aggravated assault and he was sentenced to a high-end standard-range…