Commonwealth v. Black

CERCONE, Judge:

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The facts underlying this appeal, as determined by the trial court, are as follows:

On January 20, 1989, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Officer Steven C. Johnson was watching television in his second floor apartment at 5700 North Marvine Street. At that time he heard someone ringing the front door bell and knocking very hard on the outer vestibule door. He then went downstairs to the vestibule and observed [appellant] ringing the…