Commonwealth v. Walker

OPINION BY

KLEIN, J.:

¶ 1 Maurice Walker appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed after a jury found him guilty of terroristic threats. 2 He claims that the evidence was insufficient because he made the threat on the spur-of-the moment, and the crime of ter-roristic threats was not intended to punish threats made in the heat of an argument or dispute. We affirm. 3

¶ 2 While Walker was celebrating his mother’s birthday, York County Probation and Parole Department Officer Eric Webb arrived to take Walker into custody for an alleged violation of parole. Webb was accompanied by another…