Commonwealth v. Carthon

Opinion

per Curiam,

The six judges who heard this appeal being equally divided, the judgment of sentence is affirmed.

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

In Support of Reversal:

Appellant Sylvester Carthon was convicted of arson and of firing personal property after a non-jury trial in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County. Post trial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of six months to three years on the arson charge and sentence was suspended on the charge of firing personal property. This appeal followed.

The evidence at trial established that Mrs. Linda…