Commonwealth v. Dennis

Opinion by

Spaulding, J.,

This is an appeal by Lamont Dennis, defendant, from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County and from the denial of motion for new trial. Defendant was indicted and convicted on charges of conspiracy and attempted burglary. He was sentenced to serve a minimum of 11% months to 23 months in Philadelphia County Prison.

At the trial,1 one witness for the Commonwealth, Mrs. Vivian Johnson, who resided directly across the street from a store alleged to be the scene of the attempted burglary, stated she heard a crash of glass,…