Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Graham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 1, 1991No. 8 W.D. Appeal Docket 1990PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
PAPADAKOS, Justice.*
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order of the Superior Court which reversed the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County. 385 Pa.Super. 393, 561 A.2d 331. The Superior Court concluded that the evidence was insufficient to sustain Appellee’s conviction for theft by deception. We agree and affirm the order of the Superior Court.
The only evidence in this case is as follows: Two state police narcotics squad officers provided a police informant with $350.00 for the purchase of cocaine. The…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GalloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Cruzan v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Commonwealth v. GrahamSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HanibleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Commonwealth v. RiveraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Commonwealth v. TorresSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- People v. HartleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016
- Commonwealth v. TorresSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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