Commonwealth v. Cruz Ortega

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed after appellant was convicted by jury of possession with intent to deliver and criminal conspiracy. On appeal, appellant claims that: (1) the Commonwealth failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant possessed contraband; (2) the evidence was insufficient to prove that appellant actively participated in a conspiracy; and (3) the eleven and one-half to twenty-three month sentence was excessive. We affirm the decision of the trial court.

The trial court put forth the facts as follows.

On May 16, 1986, Detectives…