Commonwealth v. Runion

TAMILIA, Judge.

Appellant, Carl Runion, takes this appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed on November 19, 1992. Appellant was found guilty in a jury trial of simple assault, 1 graded as a misdemeanor of the third degree as resulting from a scuffle entered into by mutual consent. 2 Subsequently, appellant was sentenced to a term of three (3) to twelve (12) months in the Dauphin County Prison, flned $300 and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $7,261.07 to the Dauphin County Public Assistance Program, which had paid the medical bills of the victim (N.T., 11/19/92, p. 8).

On appeal,…