Commonwealth v. Scott

BECK, Judge:

This is an appeal from judgment of sentence imposed following a non-jury verdict of guilty on one count of arson and one count of risking catastrophe. Appellant, Linda Scott, challenges the sufficiency of the evidence upon which her convictions are based. For the reasons which follow, we conclude that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. Therefore, we reverse.

We preface our discussion by emphasizing that we are fully cognizant of the narrow standard of review by which this court must judge sufficiency claims. The established test is whether, viewing all the…