Commonwealth v. Faulk
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION by
McCAFFERY, J.:
¶ 1 Appellant, Lewis A. Faulk, appeals from his judgment of sentence for aggravated assault. Specifically, Appellant asks us to determine, inter alia, whether his waiver of his right to be present at trial was preceded by a proper colloquy and hence was valid. Following review, we affirm.
¶2 The relevant facts and procedural history of this case are as follows. Appellant was charged with aggravated assault and related offenses after he severely injured the victim by punching him in the face several times with a closed fist. The victim and another man, Mark Kastelic, had…
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