Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cannon

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 19, 1982No. 434PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from judgments of sentence for attempted burglary and criminal trespass. Appellant argues that the evidence was insufficient to sustain either of his convictions. We have concluded that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction of attempted burglary, but insufficient to sustain the conviction of criminal trespass. We therefore affirm the judgment of sentence for attempted burglary and vacate the judgment of sentence for criminal trespass. 1

In deciding the sufficiency of evidence, we must first accept as true all the evidence upon which the trier of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FortuneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. MadisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. PetriskoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  4. Commonwealth v. EbertsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. JacobsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GalindesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. Commonwealth v. HaganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Commonwealth v. WoodSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  4. Commonwealth v. BurtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  5. Commonwealth v. PalagoniaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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