COM. v. PATTON


409 Pa.Super. 304 (1991)

597 A.2d 1216

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Jeffrey PATTON, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelley Stark, Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Claire C. Capristo, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for Com., appellee.

Before CAVANAUGH, KELLY and FORD ELLIOTT, JJ.


KELLY, Judge:

In this appeal we are called upon to determine whether a prisoner's escape from a hospital to which he had been temporarily transferred for medical treatment, is an escape from a "treatment center" under the Sentencing Code. 204 Pa.Code §§ 303 et seq. We conclude that it is not and affirm judgment of sentence.

The relevant facts stipulated to at appellant's bench trial are as follows. Appellant, who was incarcerated awaiting...

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