COMMONWEALTH v. FONTANA


230 Pa.Super. 463 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Fontana, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Ochs, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Grant E. Wesner, Deputy District Attorney, and Robert L. VanHoove, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., September 23, 1974:

Appellant contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to sustain his conviction for burglary.

On August 15, 1972, appellant was arrested and charged with burglary of Franklin Stackhouse's home located in a rural area in Berks County. The Stackhouse residence is situated on a wooded tract and is set back one hundred feet from the road. There is a cinder block wall approximately twelve feet from...

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