COM. v. BOONE


287 Pa.Super. 1 (1981)

429 A.2d 689

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Johnnie BOONE, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Sosnov, Assistant Public Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Alan Sacks, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WICKERSHAM, HOFFMAN and VAN der VOORT, JJ.


HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant has raised numerous challenges to his convictions on charges of escape, conspiracy to escape, and robbery. Finding no merit in any of appellant's contentions, we affirm the judgment of sentence.

On May 29, 1978, seven inmates, including appellant, used hooks and ropes to climb through a skylight and over a wall and escape from Holmesburg Prison in Northeast Philadelphia. Later that evening appellant and his fellow escapees robbed...

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