Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Randall

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 5, 1981PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

Nathaniel Randall was tried non-jury and found guilty of unauthorized use of an automobile. 1 On appeal, his sole contention is that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding that he knew he lacked the owner’s permission to drive the vehicle. 2 We disagree and affirm the judgment of sentence.

“In testing the sufficiency of the .. . evidence, we proceed in several steps. First, we accept as true all the evidence upon which the finder of fact could properly have reached its verdict. Next we give the Commonwealth the benefit of all reasonable inferences arising from that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Barnes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. HendersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Commonwealth v. HermanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Waldron AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WhitemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. Commonwealth v. HoganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Burns v. BaumgardnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. DunlapSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. In the Interest of ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

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