Commonwealth v. Wright
Commonwealth v. Wright
Opinion of the Court
Robert Wright appeals from the judgment of sentence entered April 7, 1995 in the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County. We affirm.
Following a jury trial, Wright was found guilty of conspiracy to deliver drugs on August 13, 1992. Wright filed post-trial motions in arrest of judgment and for new trial, which were denied.
*194 1. Was hearsay evidence properly admitted at trial to enter the out of court statement of a co-defendant?
2. Was the defendant’s right to due process abridged by the admission of hearsay evidence of [an] out of court statement by a co-defendant?
After reviewing the record, the parties’ briefs and the relevant ease law, we conclude that the Hon. Joseph A. NicWeach has properly disposed of these claims in his opinion, a copy of which is attached for purposes of allocatur.
Judgment of sentence affirmed.
. These motions were denied on June 22, 1993, and the trial court ordered a pre-sentence report. Wright was sentenced to not less than twenty-one months and not more than forty-two months at the Diagnostic and Classification Center at Pittsburgh at the hearing on April 7, 1995. The record does not reveal why there was a two-year delay in sentencing for this charge, although there is mention of the illness and death of Wright's son in December, 1994. The sentencing
The determination of guilt, however, occurred on August 13, 1992. Wright's appeal is therefore limited to those issues raised in his post-trial motions, pursuant to former Pa.R.Crim.P. 1123(c)(3) (rescinded March 22, 1993, effective as to cases in which the determination of guilt occurs on or after January 1, 1994).
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