COMMONWEALTH v. BURKE


229 Pa.Super. 176 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Burke, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Green, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Stewart J. Greenleaf, Assistant District Attorney, with him William T. Nicholas, First Assistant District Attorney, and Milton O. Moss, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY JACOBS, J., June 21, 1974:

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of receiving stolen goods. On appeal he challenges the sufficiency of the Commonwealth's evidence, asserting that under the facts of this case unexplained possession of recently stolen goods, in and of itself, is insufficient to support a conviction. We agree.

A view of the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth shows that on October 10, 1971, Robert Coleman discovered...

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