Commonwealth v. Noyer

PRICE, Judge:

This appeal arises from imposition of sentence following denial in the court below of appellant’s motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. Appellant raises seven *547issues on appeal. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse the judgment of sentence and remand the case for a new trial.

The facts essential for resolution of this appeal are the following. On February 23, 1975, appellant, Robert Sweitzer, and a third party were being transferred from the Blair County Courthouse, where they were all incarcerated at the time, to the State Correctional Institution in Huntingdon,…