Saunders v. Commonwealth

Opinion

KOONTZ, J.

David Jerome Saunders (Saunders) appeals his conviction in a bench trial for grand larceny from the person. Saunders contends that the evidence adduced at trial failed to demonstrate both his intent to commit larceny and that his taking of the property occurred from the person of the victim. In the alternative, Saunders contends that the evidence failed to exclude a reasonable hypothesis of his innocence. Limiting our holding to the specific facts of this case, we disagree and affirm Saunders’s conviction.

Under well established principles of appellate review, we consider the…