Opinion
J-S56010-16 No. 1753 MDA 2015
09-16-2016
IN THE INTEREST OF: J.J.H., A MINOR APPEAL OF: J.J.H., A MINOR
NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
Appeal from the Dispositional Order Entered August 10, 2015
In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County
Juvenile Division at No(s): CP-22-JV-0000410-2015 BEFORE: BENDER, P.J.E., PANELLA, J. and STEVENS, P.J.E. MEMORANDUM BY BENDER, P.J.E.:
Former Justice specially assigned to the Superior Court.
J.J.H., a minor, appeals from the dispositional order entered on August 10, 2015, following the adjudication of his delinquency for acts constituting receiving stolen property, 18 Pa.C.S. § 3925(a). On appeal, Appellant challenges the sufficiency and weight of the evidence to sustain his adjudication. After careful review, we affirm.
We have reviewed the certified record, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law. We have also reviewed the thorough Pa.R.A.P. 1925(a) opinion of the Honorable William T. Tully of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County. Therein, Judge Tully offers a well-reasoned discussion of the two issues Appellant presents herein. See Trial Court Opinion (TCO), 12/4/15, at 5-9. More specifically, the record fully supports Judge Tully's sufficiency-of-the-evidence analysis, and we ascertain no abuse of discretion in Judge Tully's rejection of Appellant's weight-of-the-evidence claim. See Commonwealth v. Houser , 18 A.3d 1128, 1135 (Pa. 2011) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted) ("A claim alleging the verdict was against the weight of the evidence is addressed to the discretion of the trial court. Accordingly, an appellate court reviews the exercise of the trial court's discretion; it does not answer for itself whether the verdict was against the weight of the evidence."). Accordingly, we adopt Judge Tully's opinion as our own, and affirm Appellant's dispositional order for the reasons set forth therein.
Order affirmed. Judgment Entered. /s/_________
Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.
Prothonotary Date: 9/16/2016
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