Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Rhome

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 16, 1972No. Appeal, 642PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Hoffman, J.,

Appellant was convicted by a jury of assault with intent to commit sodomy as defined by the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §502, 18 P.S. §4502.

In this appeal appellant contends that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support the conviction. In this regard, the rule is that “the test of the sufficiency of the evidence is whether accepting as true all of the evidence upon which, if believed, the jury could have properly based its verdict, such evidence is sufficient in law to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the de fendant is guilty.” Commonwealth, v.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LawrenceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  2. Commonwealth v. JaynesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Commonwealth v. MossSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  4. Commonwealth v. SchallerMercer County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1950

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ColemanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. MitchellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. CoplinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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