Commonwealth v. Howard

JACOBS, Judge:

Appellant and a co-defendant were convicted of attempted escape 1 from the State Correctional Institution at Grater-ford. Following the jury trial, post-trial motions were denied. This appeal followed, in which four issues are raised. Since we find these issues are without merit, we affirm.

The facts giving rise to the charges against appellant were summarized by the trial court as follows:

“ . . .At about 7:00 A.M. on August 26, 1975, Lieutenant Dietz was walking through the kitchen service corridor of the State Correctional Institution at Grater-ford when he observed two inmates…