Commonwealth v. Rivera

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J:

¶ 1 Appellant, Juan M. Rivera, appeals the judgment of sentence entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, following his bench trial convictions for first degree burglary, criminal trespass, theft, receiving stolen property, possessing an instrument of crime, and simple assault. 1 We affirm.

¶ 2 The trial court set forth the relevant facts of this case as follows.

On April 15, 2007, around 10:55 p.m., complainant, Carmen Rivera, entered her home at 1434 East Hunting Park in Philadelphia and found her brother, [Appellant], inside her basement rummaging through…