Legal Opinion

Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Lynn, W.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 27, 2015No. 15 EAP 2014PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice BAER.

Following a jury trial on charges that he endangered the welfare of children,1 William Lynn (Appellee) was convicted and sentenced to a term of three to six years of incarceration. On appeal from his judgment of sentence, he challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction, contending that he had no direct supervision of the children he was found to have endangered. The Superior Court agreed, and reversed his conviction. On the Commonwealth’s appeal, we reverse the Superior Court, concluding that there is no statutory requirement of direct supervision…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Sullivan v. FinkelsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Commonwealth v. WallsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  3. Bowling v. Office of Open RecordsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  4. Commonwealth v. PaganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  5. Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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3Cited by46 opinions

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