Commonwealth v. Hamm
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
SPAETH, Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence for possession of firearms without a license, possession of instruments of crime, and criminal conspiracy. Appellant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, and that his arrest was unlawful because the arresting officers arrested him outside of their jurisdiction. We agree that the evidence was insufficient, and therefore do not consider the lawfulness of the arrest. 1
The test used to determine the sufficiency of the evidence in a criminal case is whether the evidence admitted at trial was sufficient to…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. FortuneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. TownsendSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. ArmsteadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. BentleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CruzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. GladdenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Com. v. Cottingham, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
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