Commonwealth v. Warrick

CERCONE, Judge:

This is a direct appeal nunc pro tunc from a judgment of sentence entered after appellant, James Warrick, pled guilty to the crime of escape. 1 We affirm.

The charge underlying the instant appeal stems from appellant's behavior after judgment was rendered at a criminal trial held in 1983. The Honorable Mitchell Lipschutz found appellant guilty of narcotics possession on December 5,1983. Immediately after the verdict was handed down, appellant ran out of the courtroom and down the stairs of the City Hall. However, police officers caught appellant before he left the building and…