Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Smith

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 20, 1998PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEVENS, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County following Appellant’s conviction for voluntary manslaughter1 and possession of an instrument of crime.2 Appellant Ikiem Smith contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his conviction for voluntary manslaughter.3 We affirm.

When reviewing a sufficiency of the evidence claim, this Court must view the evidence and all reasonable inferences to be drawn from the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth as verdict winner, and we…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RiosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  2. Commonwealth v. MudrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. MehmetiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. BurnsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. GillespieSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BurnsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Com. v. Ferguson, Q.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  3. Com. v. Jones, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Com. v. Klein, K.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2022
  5. Com. v. McDonald, V.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015

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