Commonwealth v. Brown

OPINION BY LAZARUS, J.:

Stephen Brown (a/k/a Rodney Greene) appeals from the judgment of sentence, entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, after he violated his probation by committing retail theft. Upon review, we affirm Brown's judgment of sentence.

The trial court summarized the facts as follows:

On April 10, 2005, [Brown] used the victim "P.R.'s" identity to open Chase Visa (charging $1200.00) and Sears credit cards (charging $1632.02), [ ] on several occasions identified himself as the complainant[,] and used Western Union to transfer money ($245.00) in the…