Commonwealth v. Ostrosky

OPINION

Justice BAER.

We granted review in this case to determine whether the Superior Court erred in reversing the trial court’s judgment of sentence for Appellee Jeremiah Ostrosky’s conviction of the offense of retaliation against a witness or victim, 18 Pa.C.S. § 4953(a) (hereinafter “retaliation statute”).1 The Superior Court concluded that the evidence presented by the Commonwealth was insufficient as a matter of law to sustain Ostrosky’s conviction where, as here, Ostrosky, on one occasion, verbally threatened James and Andrea Foster, who were previously crime-victims of Ostrosky. For the…