Commonwealth v. Tapper

BIESTER, Jr., J.,

On January 11, 1995, after a three day jury trial, defendant, Jason Tapper, was convicted of animal fighting, cruelty to animals, several conspiracy counts and related summary offenses. On March 10, 1995, after a pre-sentence investigation, defendant was sentenced to one and one-half to three years imprisonment in a county correctional facility. Defendant has filed an appeal to the Superior Court.

The background of this case is as follows. On July 3, 1994, defendant, along with his co-defendants, Jan Pyatt and Roy Elliott, attended a picnic at the home of Mary Callahan in…