Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cassidy

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 16, 1995No. 317PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HESTER, Judge:

This is a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence of twenty-seven to fifty-four months imprisonment imposed following appellant’s conviction of aggravated assault. Appellant argues that the evidence presented at his nonjury trial was insufficient to sustain his conviction. We disagree and affirm.

Our standard for. reviewing such a challenge is well-established.

The test for determining the sufficiency of the evidence is whether, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth as verdict winner and drawing all proper inferences favorable to the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FarquharsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. HardcastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Commonwealth v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. O'HanlonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

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3Cited by63 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DiStefanoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. Commonwealth v. LambertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  3. Commonwealth v. CunninghamSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  4. Commonwealth v. HenniganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Commonwealth v. KimbroughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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