Commonwealth v. Wright

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

The principal issue presented in this appeal is whether the Commonwealth produced sufficient evidence at trial to prove appellant guilty of burglary1 beyond a reasonable doubt.

The basic facts are not in dispute. On the evening of January 8, 1974, appellant, his brother Gary, Dennis Varner, and Terry Worthington, were driving in appellant’s car in a rural area of Cumberland County because they planned to go hunting. Gary Wright was driving the automobile. As they were riding in the vicinity of a home owned by Clarence Chestnut, Terry Worthington told Gary Wright to stop…