Commonwealth v. Black
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
SPAETH, Judge:
Appellant was charged with retail theft under Sections 3929(a)(1) and (a)(2) 1 of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, Act of Dec. 6, 1972, P.L. 1482, No. 334, § 1 et seq., 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq. A jury found him guilty. It was his third offense, and he was sentenced to two and one half to five years in prison.
The Commonwealth’s evidence was to the following effect. Late in the afternoon of April 30, 1975, appellant was seen to take a tote bag from a shelf in the luggage department and remove the price tags and paper stuffing. Carrying the tote bag, appellant moved to the men’s…
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2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. GrantSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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