COMMONWEALTH v. HOFFMAN

No. 1984 MDA 2017 No. 2002 MDA 2017.

198 A.3d 1112 (2018)

2018 PA Super 397

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Pietrina Cecilia HOFFMAN. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Pietrina Cecilia Hoffman, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 31, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. O'Pake , District Attorney, and John T. Fegley , Assistant District Attorney, Pottsville, for Commonwealth, appellant. (at 1984).

Christine A. Holman , Assistant District Attorney, Pottsville, for Commonwealth, appellee. (at 2002)

Kent D. Watkins , Pottsville, for Hoffman.

BEFORE: BENDER, P.J.E., McLAUGHLIN, J., and STRASSBURGER, J.


After a jury found Pietrina Cecilia Hoffman guilty of various crimes in the tragic death of an infant, N.D., the trial court granted her motion for a judgment of acquittal on the convictions for third-degree murder and aggravated assault, concluding that the Commonwealth had failed to present sufficient evidence of malice...

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