Commonwealth v. Hoffman

OPINION BY McLAUGHLIN, J.:

After a jury found Pietrina Cecilia Hoffman guilty of various crimes in the tragic death of an infant, N.D., the trial court granted her motion for a judgment of acquittal on the convictions for third-degree murder and aggravated assault, concluding that the Commonwealth had failed to present sufficient evidence of malice. The Commonwealth has appealed from the order entering the judgments of acquittal. Hoffman has also filed an appeal and challenges her judgment of sentence on various grounds.

We now consolidate the two appeals, and for the reasons that follow, we…