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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
PENNSYLVANIA
V.
WARREN D. EASLEY
Appe||ant No. 1868 WDA 2015
Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence dated October 13, 2015
In the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County
Criminal Division at No(s): CP-25-CR-OOOOO71-2015
BEFORE: sHoGAN, J., sol_ANo, J., and sTRAssBuRGER, J.*
MEMORANDUM BY SOLANO, J.: FILED NOVEMBER 08, 2016
Appe||ant Warren D. Easley appeals from the judgment of sentence
imposed after a jury convicted him of one count of aggravated assault and
two counts of aggravated harassment by a prisoner.1 With this appeal,
Appe||ant's counsel has filed a petition to withdraw and an Anders2 brief,
stating that the appeal is wholly frivolous. After careful review, we affirm
and grant counsel's petition to withdraw.
The facts underlying this appeal are as follows. On July 10, 2014,
Appe||ant, while an inmate at the State Correctional Institution (“SCI") at
* Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.
1 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 2702(a)(3) and 2703.1, respectively.
2 Ander$ v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).
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Albion, punched a correctional officer in the head on the way to his violence
prevention group. Trial Court Opinion, 1/12/16, at 1 (citing N.T., 7/22/15,
at 36-37). Later that same day, Appe||ant spat in the face of a prison nurse.
Id. (citing N.T., 7/22/15, at 48). Two days later, he spat on another
correctional officer. Id. (citing N.T., 7/22/15, at 55).
In April 2015,3 a transportation order was entered for the Sheriff of
Erie County to convey Appe||ant from SCI Fracl