COMMONWEALTH v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 3634/92.

21 Pa. D. & C. 4th 289 (1993)

Commonwealth v. Rodriguez

Common Pleas Court of Berks County, Pennsylvania.

December 2, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Missan, assistant district attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Paul H. Herbein, for defendant.


SMITH, J., December 2, 1993.

This appeal raises the single issue of whether a convicted defendant who escapes from prison prior to his scheduled sentencing hearing may be sentenced in absentia.

On August 26, 1993, a jury found defendant guilty of robbery and resisting arrest.1 The charges stemmed from defendant's scuffle with a police officer, in which he took the officer's gun and pointed it at him before fleeing. The trial...

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