Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Gay

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 4, 1988No. 2047PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

Robert Gay was tried by jury and was found guilty of aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, possession of an instrument of crime, and carrying a firearm without a license on a public street as a result of a nonfatal shooting during a group altercation at a carnival in West Philadelphia. Alice Brown, who was injured, was running away from the altercation at the time of the shooting and did not know who in the crowd had drawn a gun and shot her. Trevor Frisby and Keith Warren identified Gay as the person who had fired the gun. At trial, the defense offered to…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. CherrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. PfaffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. UpchurchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BuksaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. State v. MastracchioSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. MehalicSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Commonwealth v. CobbSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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