Commonwealth v. Maerz

OPINION BY

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, which convicted Appellant of Summary Disorderly Conduct for unreasonable noise, 18 Pa. C.S.A. § 5503(a)(2). Appellant raises a sufficiency of the evidence challenge to her conviction. We vacate.

¶ 2 70 year old Lieselotte Maerz (Appellant) was cited for summary “disorderly conduct — unreasonable noise” for yelling across the street at her neighbor, Jay Skowronek, at 9:45 p.m. on a December night. Believing that Skowronek was flashing a light on her home, Appellant…