Commonwealth v. Williams

OPINION

EAGEN, Justice.

Tyrone Williams was convicted in a non jury trial of receiving stolen property.1 Post-verdict motions were *362denied and Williams appealed. The Superior Court in reversing the conviction, Commonwealth v. Williams, 233 Pa.Super. 449, 336 A.2d 411 (1975), ruled that insufficient evidence was introduced at trial to establish the element of guilty knowledge necessary to sustain such a conviction. In doing so, the Superior Court held that this Court’s decision in Commonwealth v. Henderson, 451 Pa. 452, 304 A.2d 154 (1973), was controlling.2 The Commonwealth petitioned for…