Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wilder

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 27, 1978No. 1116PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CERCONE, Judge:

Appellant, Donald Wilder, was convicted of possessing instruments of crime, criminal conspiracy, and attempted burglary at a non-jury trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Post-trial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to one to five years in prison on each count, each to run concurrently. We affirm the decision of the lower court.

On appeal, appellant contends first that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions. The test for sufficiency of the evidence is whether, in viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KloiberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  2. Commonwealth v. GarrettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  3. Commonwealth v. SaundersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  4. Commonwealth v. BaileySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. StanleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PattersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Commonwealth v. TrinidadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  3. Commonwealth v. EbertsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. Von AczelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Commonwealth v. SzakalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012

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