Solicitation of Witness Intimidation • Sufficiency of Evidence • “Intimidation” Versus “Inducement” Not to Testify

Commonwealth v. Evans, PICS Case No. 17-0577 (Pa. Super. April 6, 2017) Dubow, J. (11 pages).

Evidence was insufficient to support a conviction for solicitation of witness intimidation where defendant merely sought to offer the victim witness a pecuniary benefit in exchange for her refusal to testify in an underlying trial and lacked intent to intimidate. Judgment of sentence vacated.