Commonwealth v. Hartman

OPINION BY

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County following Appellant’s conviction on the charge of sexual abuse of children, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6312(d)(1).1 On appeal, appellate counsel, Andrea E. Mertz, Esquire, has filed a petition to withdraw her representation and brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and Commonwealth v. McClendon, 495 Pa. 467, 434 A.2d 1185 (1981). After counsel filed her petition to withdraw and brief, Appellant filed his own pro se brief. We…