Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Owens
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 12, 1970No. Appeal, 123Published
1Opinion of the Court
441 Pa. 318 (1970)
Commonwealth
v.
Owens, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued May 6, 1970.
November 12, 1970.
Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.
Michael A. Donadee, for appellant.
Carol Mary Los, Assistant District Attorney, with her Robert L. Campbell, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, November 12, 1970:
It has been the law in the criminal courts of Pennsylvania that a defendant's unexplained possession of recently stolen goods is sufficient proof of his…
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