Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

there was recently a case where someone was convicted of agg assault. At the trial, there was no evidence, no knife, no fingerprints,no phone records,and no witnesses other than the victim. The defendant just happened to be raising the "victim's " children with me. So basically the conviction came from the defendant being identified by the victim.I currently have a PFA against the victim (it has been in effect for almost 2 years now) and he violated it almost 2 weeks after the conviction. Is there anything appeal wise that can be done?


Asked on 9/02/09, 8:43 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Gibson John W. Gibson, Esquire

You can appeal but it is an expensive process. In order to determine whether or not there is a probability fo success, an appellate lawyer would have to obtain the transcript and review it. If the case was very recent, the defendant may still be able to file post-trial motions of various sorts. That is generally less expensive than going through an appeal.

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Answered on 9/08/09, 4:20 pm


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