Commonwealth v. Hopkins

CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus:

¶ 1 This is a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed after a judge sitting without a jury convicted Appellant, Basil Hopkins, of multiple offenses stemming from an armed robbery. We affirm.

¶ 2 The Honorable Benjamin Lerner has explained the facts underlying this appeal in the following apt manner:

On [March] 4, 1998, shortly after 10 a.m., Thomas Edwards heard a knock at the door of his home located at 2160 E. 74 Street in Philadelphia. When Edwards answered the door, appellant struck him in the head with a gun, causing him to fall backwards into…