Commonwealth v. Padilla-Vargas

OPINION BY DUBOW, J.:

*973 Appellant, Joseph Padilla-Vargas, appeals from the Judgment of Sentence entered by the Venango County Court of Common Pleas after his convictions following a bench trial of Cruelty to Animals 1 and related offenses. Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the discretionary aspects of his sentence. We affirm.

The trial court set forth the underlying facts as follows. In February 2016, Appellant acquired a ten-week-old pit bull he named Rocky. At the time, Appellant rented a home at 627 12th Street in Franklin, Pennsylvania, and Rocky lived with Appellant…