Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Meadows

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 11, 1974No. Appeal, 1049PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

The appellee was convicted following a bench trial on charges of aggravated robbery and burglary. The court subsequently granted a motion in arrest of judgment 1 based upon insufficiency of the evidence, and from that order the Commonwealth appeals. We reverse.

In reviewing an appeal from a trial court’s grant of a motion in arrest of judgment our task is to determine whether the evidence offered by the Commonwealth was sufficient to support the verdict. Commonwealth v. Froelich, 458 Pa. 104, 326 A.2d 364 (1974). “To sustain the trial judge, we must find that, ‘. . .…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BlevinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. FroelichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Commonwealth v. PontonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. ScasserraSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MeadowsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. NelsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Commonwealth v. EichelbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. LanagerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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