Commonwealth v. Black

CERCONE, President Judge:

The instant appeal arises from the judgment of sentence imposed on a verdict of guilty for theft following a jury trial. Appellant’s principal contention is that the court erred in accepting what appellant characterizes as an illegal verdict.1 Therefore, appellant claims he is entitled to a new trial. We disagree and will affirm the judgment of sentence.

*601At trial appellant stood accused of two counts of theft by unlawful taking or disposition,2 and one count of burglary,3 all arising from the same criminal episode. Due to its misconstruction of a provision of the…