Commonwealth v. Lawson

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from judgments of sentence for retail theft, theft by unlawful taking, and criminal conspiracy.1 Appellant argues: (1) that his convictions were against the evidence and the weight of the evidence; (2) that the trial court erred in admitting appellant’s statement into evidence; and (3) that the motion court erred in granting the Commonwealth leave to add to the original charges the charge of theft by unlawful taking. The first two arguments are without merit. On the third argument, however, we hold that when an offense is within both the general statutory…