Probation for Insurance Fraud Proves Futile

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Hassan Wilcox, appealed from the judgment of sentence of an aggregate term of 2-4 years’ incarceration, followed by one year of probation, imposed after the trial court revoked his probation. In Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania v. Hassan Wilcox, J-S02011-21, No. 1121 EDA 2020, Superior Court Of Pennsylvania (APRIL 16, 2021) Appellant argued that the evidence introduced at the probation revocation hearing was insufficient to establish a technical violation by a preponderance of the evidence.

ZALMA OPINION

The kindness of the court after convicting Wilcox of Insurance Fraud allowing him to avoid jail and be placed on probation, was rewarded with an assault on an innocent person riding in his cab, resulted in revocation of his probation. He had the unmitigated gall – chutzpah – to seek further probation only to have the trial court properly conclude that probation was, as to Wilcox, a “futile rehabilitative vehicle.” He will serve his time in jail.