Commonwealth v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Judge:
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting a motion in arrest of judgment by the defendant/appellee, Jerry Robinson. We reverse.
The standard of review in such a ease has been stated by this Court in Commonwealth v. Nelson, 245 Pa.Super. 33, 36, 369 A.2d 279, 280 (1976), aff’d 476 Pa. 269, 382 A.2d 715 (1977); to-wit:
In reviewing an appeal from a trial court’s granting of motion in arrest of judgment, we must determine whether the evidence offered by the Commonwealth was legally sufficient to support the…
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