Commonwealth v. Sloan

OPINION BY

MUSMANNO, J.:

Stella Sloan (“Sloan”) appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed after she was convicted of theft by deception and receiving stolen property.1 We vacate the judgment of sentence and remand to discharge Sloan based on a violation of Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 600.

Sloan was convicted of the above offenses after a non-jury trial. The trial court sentenced her, on the charge of theft by deception, to a prison term of 12 to 60 months followed by a two-year probation term, and to a concurrent probation term of seven years on the charge of receiving stolen…