Commonwealth v. Fral

PRICE, Judge:

On May 7 and 8, 1974, appellant was tried before a judge sitting without a jury and convicted of theft by deception 1 and forgery. 2 Post-trial motions were filed but subsequently withdrawn prior to sentencing, which took place August 20, 1974. A sentence of three years concurrent probation was imposed on each indictment, and additionally, appellant was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $3,000. On March 3, 1976, a violation of probation hearing was held wherein appellant was charged with failure to make continuing restitution payments as ordered by the court. At that…