Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Goodman

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 29, 1976No. J-427PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of burglary and larceny on August 27, 1973. The case was tried before a judge sitting without a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. Appellant was sentenced to five to ten years imprisonment, and the judgment of sentence was affirmed by the Superior Court in an opinionless per curiam order. 1 We granted allocatur 2 and reverse.

Appellant’s sole contention is that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction. As stated in Commonwealth v. Robson, 461 Pa. 615, 337 A.2d 573 (1975):

“The test of sufficiency of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RobsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. RoscioliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Commonwealth v. GarrettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  5. Commonwealth v. MurraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by54 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MadisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. MinnisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. HargraveSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  4. Commonwealth v. TurnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Moore v. Deputy Commissioner(S) Of Sci-HuntingdonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991

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