COM. v. RUSSMAN


250 Pa.Super. 74 (1977)

378 A.2d 459

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Michael RUSSMAN, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Zamos, Assistant Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert L. Eberhardt and Charles W. Johns, Assistant District Attorneys, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


PRICE, Judge:

On February 4, 1976, Richard Piatt and a canine companion were walking on the sidewalk in Mt. Oliver, near Pittsburgh. As he walked, he observed appellant Michael Russman, aged 17, driving his car on the street. Appellant drove his car up onto the sidewalk, pinning Piatt against a wall. To escape being crushed, Piatt leapt onto the hood of the car. Appellant, with Piatt still in this precarious position, sped down the street and came to a sudden halt...

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