Commonwealth v. Widmer

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

Following his conviction and sentencing for rape, appellant, Barry Widmer, Jr., elected to forgo the optional post-sentence motion under recently amended Pa.R.Crim.P. 1410 A.(3),† choosing the option of a notice of appeal to the Superior Court. In response to appellant’s concise statement of matters complained of on appeal, the trial court filed an opinion in support of the judgment of sentence pursuant to Pa.R.AP. 1925.

*139One of the issues raised on appeal was a challenge to the weight of the evidence. The trial court, in its Rule 1925 opinion, held…