Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Santana

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 17, 2008PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

FREEDBERG, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County after a bench trial in which Appellant, Dean A. Santana, was convicted and sentenced on charges of escape, simple assault and resisting arrest.1 In this appeal, Appellant challenges the sufficiency of evidence upon which he was convicted of escape. We affirm judgment of sentence.

¶ 2 The facts are not in dispute. On July 30, 2007, members of the Reading Police Department received information that Appellant was involved in a burglary and theft of firearms in another…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JarmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  2. Commonwealth v. SwannSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. Commonwealth v. StewartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  4. Commonwealth v. WoodySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. Commonwealth v. ColonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. United States v. HopkinsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
  2. Commonwealth v. TreeceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  3. Com. v. Adams, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. Com. v. Harding, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. Com. v. Harper, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015

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