COM. v. DeSUMMA


367 Pa.Super. 634 (1987)

533 A.2d 453

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Frank A. DeSUMMA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Duffy, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Alan M. Rubenstein, District Attorney, Doylestown, for Com., appellee.

Before BROSKY, WIEAND and BECK, JJ.


BROSKY, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed after appellant's jury conviction of simple assault.

Appellant's complaint to this Court is that the trial court erred in permitting the Commonwealth to make a substantive amendment to the information by changing the name of the victim prior to the commencement of trial where such an amendment violates Pa.R.Crim.P. 229 by working an irreparable prejudice to appellant's right to a fundamentally...

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