Commonwealth v. Rainey
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
CERCONE, President Judge:
This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered against appellant for resisting arrest. 1 Appellant was convicted in a bench trial and subsequently sentenced to serve no less than four and no more than twelve months of incarceration. This appeal followed.
The sole question raised is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. It is axiomatic that our test on appeal of a defendant’s conviction is whether, reading the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth and drawing all reasonable inferences therefrom, the Commonwealth has…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BurtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. StukesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Commonwealth v. MeoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
3Cited by28 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth v. SotoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
- Commonwealth v. McDonaldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- United States v. StinsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
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