Commonwealth v. Bender

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that we must reverse his conviction of criminal harassment 1 and arrest the judgment of sentence because: (1) the Commonwealth did not produce sufficient evidence to prove appellant guilty of criminal harassment, (2) appellant’s alleged criminal conduct at most constituted a de minimis infraction not warranting criminal sanctions, 2 and (3) his conviction abridges his constitutional rights to petition the government for redress of grievances and to speak freely. See U.S.Const. Amends. I, XIV; Pa.Const. Art. I, §§ 7, 20. We believe that the Commonwealth failed…