Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Sullivan

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 7, 1979No. 82PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIPEZ, Judge:

Appellant was convicted of two counts of terroristic threats. 1 We conclude that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the convictions.

Reviewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, Commonwealth v. Ilgenfritz, 466 Pa. 345, 353 A.2d 387 (1976) the facts may be summarized as follows: With regard to the first count, on November 18, 1976, appellant telephoned a State Police Barracks, informed the trooper who answered that his father had earlier that day been assaulted by one Bernard V. Miller, Sheriff of Adams County, and demanded that a state police officer be sent at…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Wiegand v. WiegandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. IlgenfritzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. State v. GunzelmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1972
  4. State v. SchweppeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
  5. Armstrong v. EllingtonDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1970

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WallsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. Commonwealth v. KiddSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. FerrerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. SpellerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. KelleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

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