Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hogan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 10, 1983No. 3021PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
The sole issue in this appeal is whether evidence of the unexplained operation of a motor vehicle by an unlicensed person twenty-eight days after the vehicle had been stolen was sufficient to sustain a conviction of that person for unauthorized use of the vehicle.
On May 1, 1981, a 1973 Oldsmobile owned by Harry Sherman was stolen in Elkins Park, Montgomery County. On May 29, 1981, Andre S. Hogan was stopped by Officer Dale Braun when Hogan drove the stolen Oldsmobile through a red traffic signal at Limekiln Pike and Haines Road in Philadelphia. When requested to do so by the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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