Commonwealth v. Woodson

HOFFMAN, Judge:

The Commonwealth contends on appeal that the trial court erred in granting appellee’s motion in arrest of judgment. We agree and, accordingly, reverse and remand for the disposition of appellee’s outstanding post-verdict motions.

On February 16, 1982, Catherine Brooks encountered a masked burglar in her North Philadelphia home. After the man fled with her purse, she called the police. The responding officers arrested appellee as he left the alley behind the *394Brooks house. Subsequently, a search of the appellee’s person revealed some money, including a peculiarly-folded dollar…