Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Childs

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 27, 2013PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

WECHT, J.

Jamal Childs [“Appellant”] appeals the February 1, 2012 judgment of sentence. Following a bench trial, Appellant was found guilty of burglary1 and criminal conspiracy.2 Upon review, we affirm.

On May 11, 2011, Antoinette Margita [“Margita”] returned home from work to discover that her apartment’s living room window was partially open and her television was missing. Notes of Testimony [“N.T.”], 2/1/12, at 7-8. Margita immediately called the police and asked a building maintenance worker to check the apartment building’s surveillance camera footage. Id. at 8. She discovered…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Fuller v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. ManleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  3. Commonwealth v. GarzoneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  4. Commonwealth v. GarzoneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  5. Commonwealth v. WilsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010

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3Cited by58 opinions

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  3. Com. v. Lopez, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
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  5. Com. v. Muhammed, Y.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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