Commonwealth v. Litman

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends, inter alia, that the trial court failed to instruct the jury adequately on factors relevant to the issue of whether he had the requisite mental state to be convicted of receiving stolen goods. 1 We agree and, accordingly, re verse the judgment of sentence and grant appellant a new trial.

Appellant was charged with numerous counts of receiving stolen goods 2 and one count of conspiracy. The evidence at trial showed that appellant had purchased various items of silver from one Albert Brenner, a Pittsburgh scrap dealer. The Commonwealth attempted to prove that…