Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Willetts

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 2, 1980No. 1438PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions of theft and attempted burglary. 1 We agree that appellant’s conviction of theft was unsupported by the evidence and, accordingly, reverse and remand for resentencing.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, Commonwealth v. Tate, 485 Pa. 180, 401 A.2d 353 (1979), the evidence adduced at trial revealed the following: Sometime during the night of February 18, 1977, a yellow van belonging to Wade Snider was stolen from the service station where.it had been parked. The van was used by Mr.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LockhartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. TateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. OwensSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  4. Commonwealth v. MadisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Commonwealth v. SimmonsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by14 opinions

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  2. Commonwealth v. GalindesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. Commonwealth v. PondSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  4. Commonwealth v. Von AczelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Com. v. Brothers, S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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