Fister v. Commonwealth

McANULTY, Judge.

Martin D. Fister appeals from the Circuit Court’s judgment convicting him of one count of wanton endangerment in the first degree. Fister argues that the trial court’s acquittal of him on two additional offenses of wanton endangerment in the first degree was inconsistent with the court’s guilty verdict on the one count for the same offense when the underlying action was tried to the bench and all the charges arose from the same conduct and were supported by “virtually” identical evidence. Because we conclude that inconsistent verdicts, whether rendered by a judge or a jury,…