Commonwealth v. Castro

¶ 1 Appellant brings this direct appeal from the judgment of sentence entered upon revocation of probation. He claims that principles of collateral estoppel bar the court’s revocation order. We disagree and so affirm.

¶2 On August 20, 2001, appellant entered an open guilty plea to charges of aggravated assault and possessing an instrument of crime (PIC). The trial court imposed an aggregate sentence of seven to fifteen months in prison followed by three years probation. Appellant was granted immediate parole to house arrest and did not file a direct appeal.

¶ 3 On November 7, 2001, while…