Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Griffin

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 23, 1974No. Appeal, 357PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

Appellant contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his conviction for possession of narcotics.

This Court must accept as true “all of the evidence, direct or circumstantial, and all reasonable inferences arising from the evidence, upon which the trier of facts could properly have based the verdict.” Commonwealth v. Fortune, 456 Pa. 365, 367, 318 A. 2d 327, 328 (1974). Although there are conflicting accounts of the factual history of this case, the record reveals the following: On November 7, 1972, Leonard Gray, one of appellant’s two…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FortuneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. TIRPAKSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  3. Commonwealth v. TownsendSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  4. Commonwealth v. BrayboySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  5. Commonwealth v. SchulhoffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MacOlinoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. ThompsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Commonwealth v. GraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. COOPERSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. CashSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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