Commonwealth v. Newman

MELINSON, Judge:

This is an appeal from the Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County in which Appellant, Albert Newman, was sentenced to imprisonment for convictions of aggravated assault, 1 possession of an instrument of crime, 2 and simple assault. 3 We affirm.

On 1 August 1986, Minnie Mae Major was parking her automobile near her home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She noticed Newman lurking behind a tree in a vacant lot across the street. She knew Newman because he had lived with her recently deceased daughter, Sarah Rhodes. As Mrs. Major was about to exit…