COMMONWEALTH v. COMPEL


236 Pa.Super. 404 (1975)

Commonwealth v. Compel, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. MacMullan, with him Brandt, McManus, Brandt & Malone, for appellant.

Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorney, with him John M. Tighe, First Assistant District Attorney, and John J. Hickton, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY SPAETH, J., September 22, 1975:

Appellant was convicted by a judge sitting without a jury of burglary, larceny and receiving stolen goods. The conviction arose from the fact that on the evening of November 9, 1971, appellant took four horses from the Valleybrook Stables in South Park Township, Allegheny County. Appellant admits he took the horses; however, he contends he did not steal them because he reasonably believed the horses were his.

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