Commonwealth v. Blackham

OPINION BY

KELLY, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Christy Blackham, appeals pro se from the judgment of sentence entered in the Butler County Court of Common Pleas. We hold that an indigent defendant, charged with a summary offense punishable by imprisonment, is not entitled to counsel where the court predetermines that a sentence of imprisonment is unlikely, and no term of imprisonment is imposed after conviction. Accordingly, we affirm.

¶2 On March 29, 2005, Appellant observed an altercation between D.M., eight years of age, and other children in front of her house. Appellant took D.M. by his arm and the…