Commonwealth v. Johnson

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

At a trial before a jury, appellant was convicted on five indictments charging five separate and distinct burglaries (Nos. 170, 189, 190, 191 and 192, June Sessions 1964). The indictment at No. 170 also charged malicious prowling. Appellant’s motion for a new trial was refused by the court below. Consecutive sentences of four to eight years were imposed at Nos. 170 and 191. Sentence on the other bills was suspended for a period of twenty years.

*149Appellant was first apprehended as the result of a burglary which allegedly occurred on June 18, 1984. On that date, at about…