COMMONWEALTH v. HESS


745 A.2d 29 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Julie Lynn HESS, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald T. Elliott, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Bethlehem, for Com., appellant.

Mark T. Aaron, Clarion, for appellee.

Before DEL SOLE, EAKIN and BECK, JJ.


EAKIN, J.:

¶ 1 The Commonwealth appeals from the order denying reconsideration of appellee Julie Lynn Hess' sentence. We affirm.

¶ 2 On February 19, 1998, appellee threw or dropped her forty-five day-old son to the floor, causing a fractured skull and brain swelling. Appellee pled guilty to aggravated assault, but at the sentencing hearing, changed her plea to nolo contendere.1 Following a pre-sentence investigation...

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