Commonwealth v. DiEMIDIO

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from the judgments of sentence imposed upon two defendants after motions for arrest of judgments were refused by the court below.

Andrew A. DiEmidio and Joseph E. Yobbagy were each indicted for statutory extortion, common law extortion and conspiracy. A jury found DiEmidio guilty of common law extortion and conspiracy and he was sentenced to a fine and five months in jail. It found Yobbagy guilty of conspiracy only, and he was sentenced to a fine and three months in jail. Both defendants contend that they should be discharged because of an omission in…