Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Minnis

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 18, 1983No. 143PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to adjudicate him delinquent for robbery and that out-of-court identifications should have been suppressed. We find the evidence sufficient. However, because the out-of-court identifications resulted from a police station confrontation violating appellant’s right to counsel, they should have been suppressed. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.

Appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to establish his identity as a participant in the robbery. The test of sufficiency of the evidence is whether, viewing the evidence…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. KloiberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  3. Bobby Russell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  4. Commonwealth v. HickmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. Commonwealth v. RichmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. OrrSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. Commonwealth v. AnneskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Commonwealth v. MelsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. CainSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  5. Commonwealth v. RuffinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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