Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Sinnott

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 2, 2011PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

The Commonwealth appeals from the portion of the Superior Court order reversing appellee Daniel Sinnott’s conviction for ethnic intimidation on the basis of insufficient evidence. We reverse, and reinstate that conviction and judgment of sentence.

At about 11:30 a.m. on May 21, 2007, the victim, Evelyn Rojas, was visiting her mother when she heard screaming and cursing outside the house. When Rojas went outside to investigate, she found ap-pellee, a tenant and employee of her father, throwing power tools her father had given him against the concrete steps. When Rojas asked…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SantiagoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  2. Commonwealth v. RatsamySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  3. Commonwealth v. BavusaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. SinnottSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  5. Marcavage v. RendellCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

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3Cited by35 opinions

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  3. Commonwealth v. WalterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
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