Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hughes

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 28, 1979No. 1335PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to support the verdict of the court below convicting her of the misdemeanor disorderly conduct. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of sentence.

The evidence presented by the Commonwealth may be summarized as follows: A party was in progress at the home of Diane Smith at 4:35 A.M. on July 9, 1977, when appellant and a friend arrived and asked to be admitted. When appellant’s request was refused, appellant grabbed Diane Smith’s glasses from her face and broke them. Diane called the police after…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth v. KramerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. ColeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1988
  2. Commonwealth v. KiddSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. PringleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. WeissSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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