Commonwealth v. Armstead

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

Appellant, Christopher Armstead, was charged with the unlawful possession of a firearm. He was tried by a judge without a jury and found guilty of the charge. Post-trial motions were argued and denied, and appellant was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and the cost of prosecution. The Superior Court affirmed the judgment of sentence in a per curiam order. We granted allocatur.

The sole issue raised by this appeal is whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain a verdict. The facts of this case are as follows:

Philadelphia police officers, on the basis of…