Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Von Evans

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 6, 2017No. Com. v. Evans, K. No. 383 EDA 2016PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

DUBOW, J.:

Appellant, Kareem Omar Von Evans, appeals from the Judgment of Sentence entered in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas following his conviction of Criminal Solicitation of Witness' Intimidation. After careful review of the facts of the case and current case law, we conclude that the Commonwealth’s evidence is insufficient to demonstrate that the Appellant intended to “intimidate” the victim not to testify at the underlying trial. Rather, the evidence demonstrates that Appellant merely intended to “induce” the victim not to testify. Therefore, we are constrained to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. VogelsongSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Commonwealth v. Doughty, J., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  3. Commonwealth v. LynchSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  4. Commonwealth v. BrachbillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  2. Commonwealth v. BakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  3. Com. v. Batchler, L.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Com. v. Berry, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. Com. v. Evans, K.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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