Commonwealth v. Bowers

BROSKY, Judge:

Appellant and John Rickie Mathieson were convicted, after a non-jury trial, at which they were codefendants, of several counts of burglary. Appellant was convicted on two counts and acquitted on one. Bowers brought post-verdict motions which were denied. Appellant was sentenced to one to three years imprisonment. We reverse the decision of the trial court and remand for a new trial.

Appellant’s codefendant, Mathieson, appealed to this court in Commonwealth v. Mathieson, 277 Pa.Super. 413, 419 A.2d 1213 (1980). Mathieson raised several questions for our court’s review,. included…