Commonwealth v. Davis

CERCONE, President Judge:

A jury convicted appellant, James Harold Davis, of aggravated assault and simple assault on the person of Gloria Amos. The bizarre facts are as follows. While visiting at his mother’s house on May 20, 1976, appellant struck his girlfriend, Linda Putt, in the face without any apparent provocation. Ms. Putt fled from the house bleeding profusely from the face with the appellant in hot pursuit. In his zeal to catch his girlfriend, appellant “dove through the air” and landed on an automobile smashing its windshield and breaking off its radio antenna. When Ms. Putt entered…