Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Rossetti

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 12, 1978No. 86PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CERCONE, Judge:

This is an appeal from a revocation of parole and subsequent imposition of a prison sentence. On appeal appellant, Peter Rossetti, challenges the sufficiency of evidence. Specifically, appellant contends that the revocation of his parole was error in that the only evidence of his complicity, during the course of his parole, in a conspiracy to and attempt to commit burglary was by way of wrongfully admitted hearsay testimony identifying him as a co-conspirator and participant in a thwarted breaking and entering of an apartment.

The record reveals that the events leading up to…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. KatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. HickmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. LiptonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MallonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. JacksonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. Del ConteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. KrajciSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Commonwealth v. KavanaughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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