Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Waters

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 3, 1975No. 320 and 346PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

Appellant Waters was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and aggravated robbery. After denial of post-verdict motions, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and to a concurrent sentence of ten to twenty years imprisonment for robbery. This direct ap peal followed. 1 ,Appellant’s sole contention is that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.

In passing on this question we are, of course, mindful that “ ‘the test of sufficiency of evidence is whether accepting as true all the evidence, together with all reasonable…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StrantzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  2. Commonwealth v. RankinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  3. Commonwealth v. RifeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. OatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. CarbonettoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RouxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. KennedySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. KinseySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. WeitkampSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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