Superior Court 6/5/08 - COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. RICHARD M. WIMBUSH

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. RICHARD M. WIMBUSH
No. 1238 MDA 2007 2008 PA Super 125 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 6/5/2008
Appeal from the Order Judgment of Sentence June 18, 2007 In the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County Criminal at No(s): CP-40-CR-0003140-2006
Before: STEVENS, PANELLA, and HUDOCK, JJ.
Opinion by: STEVENS, J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County after a jury convicted Appellant on nine counts of Arson, one count of Institutional Vandalism, and one count of Risking a Catastrophe. Sentenced to 84 to 200 months’ incarceration on the Arson convictions, Appellant raises challenges to the denial of his motion to change venue and to the racial composition of his jury. Counsel for Appellant has also filed with this Court both a Petition to Withdraw as Counsel and a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (19678) and Commonwealth v. McClendon, 434 A.2d 1185 (Pa. 1981). After conducting an independent review of the record, we affirm and grant counsel’s petition to withdraw.

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