Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cruz

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 17, 2013PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

WECHT, J.:

Juan Cruz (“Appellant”) appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on January 12, 2006. We affirm.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable, to the Commonwealth, as we must, the evidence at Appellant’s jury trial established the following factual background:

On May 8, 2004, at approximately 8:40 p.m., a blue .Oldsmobile Toronado was travelling southbound on 5th Street near 67th Avenue when it struck two pedestrians, Evelyn (“Evelyn”) and Lynda (“Lynda”) Hernandez, as they were crossing the street. Both were' transported to Albert Einstein Hospital with internal…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. BarudSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Commonwealth v. HegginsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CrosleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  2. Commonwealth v. EichlerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  3. Commonwealth v. QuilesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Com. v. Harper, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  5. Com. v. Archer, P.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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