Commonwealth v. Hannon

OPINION BY

OLSZEWSKI, J.:

¶ 1 Edward Hannon (appellant/defendant) was convicted of robbery (two counts), theft, simple assault, and possession of marijuana after a bench trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (Thomas, J.). These convictions were the result of events which occurred on March 21, 2002, at a Wawa store in Morrisville.

¶ 2 The lower court aptly summarized the facts, and we reproduce the relevant portions below.

In the early morning hours of March 21, 2002[,] Officer Langan of the Falls Township Police Department received a radio transmission regarding a robbery committed…