Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Newsome

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 6, 2001PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMelvin, J.

¶ 1 Appellant, Scott James Newsome, appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed following his conviction for driving while under the influence of alcohol while blood alcohol content is 0.10% or greater in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3731(a)(4)® 1 . Appellant’s sole issue on appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his drunk driving conviction. We affirm.

¶ 2 The trial court accurately summarized the evidence as follows:

[T]he testimony presented at trial indicated that Trooper Christopher Ma-guire of the Pennsylvania State Police observed defendant traveling [s]outh on Rt.…

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