COMMONWEALTH v. SANDERS


225 Pa.Super. 432 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Sanders, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drew Salaman, Assistant Defender, with him Jonathan Miller, Assistant Defender, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellant.

Louis A. Perez, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him James T. Ranney and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY SPAETH, J., November 16, 1973:

The evidence presented in this non-jury case is not sufficient to support a conviction of larceny. The verdict is vacated and the matter remanded for sentencing on the charge of attempted larceny.

The Commonwealth's principal witness was the arresting officer. His testimony may be summarized as follows: On August 24, 1967, appellant and another man approached a parked car, which the officer had been watching because...

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