Commonwealth v. Detrie

WIEAND, Judge:

On April 25, 1976, Donald Loy Detrie, appellant, escaped from the Clearfield County Prison with four other prisoners. He took with him a .38 calibre revolver and four cartridges which had been kept in a cabinet at the prison. On May 1, 1976, appellant and John Clair Lantzy, one of the escapees, stole a 1969 Ford in Clarion County. During the evening hours of the same day the stolen vehicle was observed by Cpl. David M. Hauser of the Pennsylvania State Police. When he approached the vehicle for the purpose of investigating an apparent traffic violation, shots were fired at him…