Com. v. Dick, R.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania·Decided May 29, 2025·No. 553 WDA 2024·Unpublished

Opinion

NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT O.P. 65.37

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF : PENNSYLVANIA

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v. :

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ROXIE DICK :

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Appellant : No. 553 WDA 2024

Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence Entered November 16, 2021 In the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County Criminal Division at No(s):

CP-07-CR-0000704-2020

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF : PENNSYLVANIA

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v. :

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ROXIE DICK :

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Appellant : No. 554 WDA 2024

Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence Entered November 16, 2021 In the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County Criminal Division at No(s):

CP-07-CR-0000705-2020

BEFORE: MURRAY, J., KING, J., and FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.E.* MEMORANDUM BY KING, J.: FILED: May 29, 2025 Appellant, Roxie Dick, appeals nunc pro tunc from the judgment of sentence entered in the Blair County Court of Common Pleas, following her jury trial convictions for three counts of possession with intent to deliver a

* Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.

controlled substance (“PWID”), and one count of conspiracy.1 We affirm.

The relevant facts and procedural history of this case are as follows.

Sergeant Christopher Moser of the Altoona Police Department was working as part of the Blair County drug task force, investigating potential crimes through the development and use of confidential informants, including Michael Beck. Mr. Beck knew Caleb Lanzendorfer2 after meeting him in Blair County Prison, and had met Appellant, Mr. Lanzendorfer’s girlfriend, through him.

On September 23, 2019, Sergeant Moser utilized Mr. Beck to arrange a controlled buy of methamphetamine and heroin from Appellant and Mr. Lanzendorfer. Mr. Beck spoke to Mr. Lanzendorfer to buy half an ounce of methamphetamine and half a gram of heroin before speaking to Appellant about “getting front.”3 The three agreed upon a location to meet, namely, a Wal-Mart in East Freedom. Sergeant Moser and another officer conducted surveillance and took photographs as Sergeant Derek Swope drove Mr. Beck into the parking lot. Once there, they received a call from Mr. Lanzendorfer

1 35 P.S. § 780-113(a)(30); 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 903, respectively.

2 Mr. Lanzendorfer’s name appears, with various spellings, in both the certified

record and the trial court’s opinion. The Unified Judicial System dockets confirm that the correct spelling is Lanzendorfer.

3 By “getting front,” Mr. Beck meant that he requested to buy the drugs on

credit, with the intent to pay Appellant and Mr. Lanzendorfer back at a later date. (See N.T. Trial, 8/19/21, at 132). “I asked first about getting front because that’s what I used to do with them. And [Appellant] told me they couldn’t do that...” (See id. at 119-20). Mr. Beck told Appellant that he would attempt to “round some paper up,” to which Appellant responded “Okay.” (See id. at 130).

changing the location of the meeting. Sergeant Swope then drove Mr. Beck to the Creek Side Inn. Appellant and Mr. Lanzendorfer arrived in a white Volkswagen Jetta, which was registered to Appellant. Mr. Beck got into the car with them, and the three drove away from the parking lot. In the car, Mr. Lanzendorfer gave Mr. Beck the methamphetamine. Appellant took out a scale, weighed a half gram of heroin in a metal tube, and gave Mr. Beck the heroin.

Mr. Beck gave Mr. Lanzendorfer $500.00 and they drove to an ice cream stand. Officers briefly lost view of the Jetta, but during roaming surveillance, Sergeant Moser found it again and made a positive identification of the vehicle’s occupants, and Sergeants Moser and Swope followed the Jetta to the ice cream stand. Mr. Beck and Mr. Lanzendorfer bought milkshakes, while Appellant stayed in the car. Upon his return, Mr. Beck turned over to Sergeant Swope the purchased methamphetamine and heroin, and officers took him back to the narcotics office to conduct a strip search, field tests, and to package the evidence.

On September 25, 2019, Mr. Beck arranged another controlled purchase from Appellant and Mr. Lanzendorfer, a process which Sergeant Moser observed. Mr. Beck attempted to contact both Appellant and Mr. Lanzendorfer. Later, Appellant attempted to call Mr. Beck, and when she could not reach him, sent him a thumb’s up emoji. Appellant asked Mr. Beck what was up, to which he asked if she was ready, informing her he only had $800.00 to give her for an ounce of methamphetamine. Mr. Beck then attempted to

call Mr. Lanzendorfer to further set up the meeting.

Subsequently, Sergeant Matthew Plummer drove Mr. Beck to a FeFi’s parking lot to make the buy, with Sergeant Moser and another officer assisting in surveillance. They observed and photographed Appellant and Mr. Lanzendorfer arriving in the white Jetta. Mr. Beck got into the car, where Appellant gave Mr. Lanzendorfer a scale from her purse to weigh the methamphetamine before she got out of the car and went into the store. Mr. Lanzendorfer gave Mr. Beck an ounce of methamphetamine and Mr. Beck gave him $800.00. At Mr. Lanzendorfer’s request, Mr. Beck smoked a hit of methamphetamine. At that time, Appellant came out of the store and returned to the car, and Mr. Beck got out of the car and exchanged a hug with her. Mr. Beck then returned to Sergeant Plummer, and he was taken back to the station to conduct a strip search, field testing, and evidence packaging.

Thereafter, the Commonwealth charged Appellant at two dockets with PWID, conspiracy, and criminal use of a communication facility. The case proceeded to a jury trial, and on August 20, 2021, the jury convicted Appellant of the aforementioned charges and acquitted her of criminal use of a communication facility. Appellant remained on bail following the guilty verdicts, subject to supervision, which included drug testing. However, after testing positive for methamphetamine, she was jailed awaiting sentencing.

On November 16, 2021, the court conducted a sentencing hearing, at which it noted that it had considered a pre-sentence investigation (“PSI”) report, the sentencing memoranda of counsel, and the testimony of Appellant

and her family. The court ultimately imposed an aggregate sentence of 6.5 to 40 years of incarceration.

After failing to file a timely direct appeal, on February 14, 2024, the court reinstated Appellant’s post-sentence motion and direct appeal rights nunc pro tunc. On February 23, 2024, Appellant timely filed a post-sentence motion nunc pro tunc. On April 11, 2024, the court held a hearing on the motion. The court denied the motion on May 7, 2024. Appellant timely filed notices of appeal nunc pro tunc at each underlying docket on May 8, 2024.4 On May 10, 2024, the court ordered Appellant to file a Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) statement of errors complained of on appeal. On May 29, 2024, Appellant timely complied.

On appeal, Appellant raises the following issues for our review:

I. Whether the evidence was insufficient to sustain the guilty verdict of Criminal Conspiracy to Commit [PWID]?

II. Whether the evidence was insufficient to sustain the guilty verdict of [PWID]?

III. Whether the sentence was excessive and whether the trial court violated the sentencing code in fashioning the sentence of 6½ to 40 years?

(Appellant’s Brief at 7).

Appellant’s first two issues challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain her convictions. When examining a challenge to the sufficiency of evidence, our standard of review is as follows:

4 This Court subsequently consolidated the appeals sua sponte.

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