Commonwealth v. Donton

BECK, Judge.

This case requires us to address the inchoate crime of attempt, the corpus delicti rule, and the authority of local police to cross jurisdictional lines while in pursuit of suspects. We also consider, with respect to appellant’s sentence, the merger doctrine. After careful analysis and adherence to case law, we affirm appellant’s convictions but vacate the judgments of sentence and remand for resentencing.

The testimony at trial revealed the following. In December, 1992, Diana Donton separated from her husband, appellant Herman Donton, after over twenty years of marriage. She…