Commonwealth v. Parker

McEWEN, Judge:

We here consider an appeal by the Commonwealth from a sua sponte post-verdict order of the Common Pleas Court which purported to “change” verdicts of guilty entered by the court, following a non-jury trial, to verdicts of not guilty. The post-verdict order amending the verdicts was entered some two weeks after the original verdicts had been entered and recorded. We are compelled to vacate the order amending the verdicts and reinstate the original guilty verdicts.

Appellee was found guilty of robbery and possession of an instrument of crime after a non-jury trial. The…