Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Holmes

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 5, 1978No. 411 & 418PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Kevin Holmes was convicted in a nonjury trial in Philadelphia of murder of the third degree, aggravated assault, robbery, and conspiracy. Post-verdict motions were denied and concurrent judgments of sentence of not less than two nor more than ten years imprisonment on each indictment were imposed. These appeals followed. 1

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the convictions.

“The test of sufficiency of the evidence is whether, accepting as true all the evidence and reasonable inferences therefrom, upon which, if believed, the…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Commonwealth v. DancerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. FutchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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3Cited by76 opinions

  1. Dancy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. HarperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. Commonwealth v. DuncanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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