Commonwealth v. Shickora

OPINION BY

ALLEN, J.:

Elizabeth Shickora (“Appellant”) appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed after the trial court heard her summary appeal de novo, and convicted her of eighteen (18) counts of cruelty to animals, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5511(c). Finding that the trial court acted within its province in concluding that Appellant acted wantonly by “unreasonably risking harm while being utterly indifferent to the consequences”, we affirm.

The trial court accurately recounted the evidence of record as follows:

At the hearing, Sergeant Duane Frederick (“Frederick”) testified a neighbor of…