Commonwealth v. Lewis

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

Appellant contends that the Commonwealth did not present sufficient evidence to sustain his conviction of larceny.

At 5:30 p.m. on August 11, 1972, John Kasbee left his backhoe with the keys hidden under the hood in the Sunset Mobile Park in Transfer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The next morning when he returned at 7:20 a.m. the backhoe was gone. Kasbee testified that on August 18th, the appellant told him he could retrieve his backhoe for one thousand dollars, 2 and that he wanted no repercussions or names mentioned.

On August 19th at 10:05 a.m., Mr. Kasbee and two State…