Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Smith

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 16, 1980No. 1003PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NIX, Justice.*

The question raised in this appeal is whether the evidence presented was legally sufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict of guilt. Fred Smith, Jr. was tried and found guilty by a jury on charges of burglary, theft and conspiracy. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one to three years and required to make restitution of one-third of the amount taken in the *376burglary as well as being assessed the cost of prosecution. A direct appeal to the Superior Court resulted in affirmance and we granted review.

On October 14, 1975, a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RobsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. RoscioliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Commonwealth v. GarrettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  5. Commonwealth v. MurraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. Commonwealth v. ManchasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  3. Commonwealth v. BradySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. StasiakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. CrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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