Legal Opinion · Dissent

Commonwealth v. Brown

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 11, 1973No. Appeal, 1463Published

1Dissent

Dissenting Opinion by

Spaeth, J.:

Appellant was convicted of burglary by a judge sitting without a jury. He contends that the conviction *173must be reversed because there was insufficient evidence to show that when he entered the building in question, he intended to commit a felony.

The following facts were adduced at trial: About 1:30 p.m. on the afternoon of December 20, 1971, Mrs. Doris Hall, who was standing in the doorway of her home at 907 West Dauphin Street, Philadelphia, saw appellant going through a first floor front window of 903 West Dauphin Street, a property that Mrs. Hall owned. The…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  2. Commonwealth v. StanleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. DelMARMOLSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  4. Commonwealth v. BOVASuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  5. Commonwealth v. OglesbySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970

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