Commonwealth v. Pitts
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice O’Brien,
This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence of life imprisonment imposed by the court after appellant was found guilty by a jury of the first-degree murder of Harriet Washington and appellant’s post-trial motions were denied.
Appellant first contends that the Commonwealth’s evidence was insufficient to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. As we have said on many occasions: . . the test to be applied in determining the sufficiency of the evidence is whether accepting as true all of the evidence, be it direct or circumstantial or both, and all reasonable…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by51 opinions
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