Commonwealth v. Morton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OLSZEWSKI, Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence. Appellant, Willie Morton, after a bench trial, was convicted of robbery, 1 criminal conspiracy, 2 simple assault, 3 and attempted theft. 4 Post-trial motions were denied, and appellant received a sentence of eight to twenty-three months’ imprisonment for robbery and a concurrent sentence for conspiracy. 5 The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the evidence presented at trial was sufficient to support a conviction on all four counts.
The test of sufficiency of the evidence is whether, viewing the evidence in the light most…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PittsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. CookeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. StasiakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. GilesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. HalleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
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