Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Conrad

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 3, 1981No. 215PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MONTGOMERY, Judge:

The Appellant, Galen Conrad, was convicted after a jury trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter 1 and engaging in a speed contest. 2 Following the denial of post-trial motions, and sentencing, the Appellant filed the instant direct appeal raising several allegations of error. After a thorough review, we have concluded that there is merit in the Appellant’s claim that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction of involuntary manslaughter, and we will reverse that conviction.

The test for sufficiency of evidence is whether accepting as true all of the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. IlgenfritzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. RootSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  3. Commonwealth v. LockhartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  4. Commonwealth v. BooneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. WallsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Commonwealth v. MoodySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. HookSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. Commonwealth v. RhodesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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