Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cox

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 17, 1976No. 191, 252PublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

Appellant, Richard Cox, after a trial without a jury, was found guilty of murder of the second degree along with other related charges which are not the subject of this appeal. Post-trial motions were filed, argued and denied and this direct appeal followed. 1

The first assignment of error is that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the murder conviction. In determining whether the evidence presented is sufficient to sustain the conviction, the test is, whether accepting as true all of the evidence of the Commonwealth and all reasonable inferences arising…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Commonwealth v. PaquetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. EilandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. Commonwealth v. SpencerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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3Cited by69 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. HardcastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Commonwealth v. LovetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. RodgersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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