Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hernandez

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 21, 2012PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

PLATT, J.:

Appellant, Andrew Hernandez, appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed following his conviction after waiver trial of two violations of the Uniform Firearms Act,1 and one count of criminal conspiracy (illegal transfer of firearm).2 Specifically, Appellant challenges the trial court’s ruling that the Commonwealth properly established the corpus delicti of the crime. We affirm.

Following an abbreviated hearing on the Commonwealth’s motion in limine to preclude the defense from challenging the corpus delicti, on which another Common Pleas Court judge had already ruled, the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StarrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Commonwealth v. HansleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Bombar v. West American Insurance Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  4. Walker v. ElebySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. Commonwealth v. RolanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TurnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Commonwealth v. NypaverSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  3. Commonwealth v. WilsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. In re the Adoption of R.K.Y.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. Com. v. Adams, G.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2023

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