COM. v. COX

No. 2196 MDA 2012.

72 A.3d 719 (2013)

2013 PA Super 221

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Lindsey Marie COX, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 2, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Judd , Public Defender, Lebanon, for appellant.

Meaghan M. Shirk , Assistant District Attorney, Lebanon, for Commonwealth, appellee.

BEFORE: BENDER, DONOHUE and STRASSBURGER, JJ.


OPINION BY DONOHUE, J.:

In this appeal, we face the question of whether comments made in an on-line forum can constitute a criminal offense. Lindsey Marie Cox ("Cox") appeals from the judgment of sentence entered following her conviction by a jury of harassment, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2709(a)(4), based upon her publication of lewd comments on Facebook. Since the evidence of the on-line activity was sufficient to support the conviction and the conviction was not against...

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