Commonwealth v. Hook

ROWLEY, Judge:

This is a direct appeal from Judgments of sentence totaling 8 1/2 to 15 years imprisonment imposed following appellant’s conviction by a jury on two counts of kidnapping 1 and one count of attempted rape. 2 Appellant’s primary argument on appeal is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his kidnapping convictions because the Commonwealth failed to prove that he “unlawfully confine[d] another for a substantial period in a place of isolation. ...” 18 Pa.C.S. § 2901(a). 3 Because we agree that the evidence is insufficient to establish that appellant confined his victims in a…