Commonwealth v. Cunningham

WATKINS, President Judge:

This is an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, Criminal Division, where the court granted appellee’s motion in arrest of judgment after a jury returned a verdict of guilty against appellee on a charge of attempting to obtain possession of a controlled substance. The Commonwealth then took this direct appeal and the appeal is proper as it involves a question of law.

Appellee, Shawn Cunningham, was found guilty after a trial by jury on February 6, 1975. The evidence at trial established that on August 22, 1974 a pharmacist received a phone call from…