Commonwealth v. Schneider

WIEAND, Judge:

The principal issue in this direct appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed following a conviction for aggravated assault is the effect of a polygraph test, if any, on the voluntariness of appellant’s incriminatory statement to the police. We do not perceive therein or in other issues raised by appellant any basis for setting aside the jury’s finding of guilt; and, therefore, we affirm the judgment of sentence. 1

On the morning of December 30, 1986, nine month old Brandon Ray Silar was left in the custody of Mervin D. Schneider while the child’s mother and Schneider’s…