Commonwealth v. Young

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

Appellant Leon Young was convicted in a trial without a jury of assault and battery and attempt with intent to kill. Appellant’s motions for arrest of judgment were denied. The Superior Court affirmed the judgment of sentence by a per curiam order, and this Court granted allocatur limited to reviewing the attempt with intent to kill conviction. Appellant contends that there was insufficient evidence adduced at trial to support this conviction. We agree with appellant and accordingly grant this motion for arrest of judgment.

In reviewing the sufficiency of the…