COM. v. WEGLEY


829 A.2d 1148 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Jonathan N. WEGLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffery M. Cook, Gettysburg, for Jonathan N. Wegley.

Peter Rosalsky, Philadelphia, for Defender Association of Philadelphia.

Paul T. Dean, Matthew Fogal, Warren Philip Balden, Jr., for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Before CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

We allowed appeal in this matter to examine the Superior Courts conclusion that an individual serving an intermediate punishment sentence of electronically monitored house arrest is in official detention for purposes of the criminal offense of escape. We affirm.

Appellant Jonathan Wegley (Wegley) entered guilty pleas in the Adams County common pleas court to two counts of forgery. He was sentenced to 24 months of intermediate...

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