Commonwealth v. Boettcher

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding: simple assault under 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2701(a)(1) merges with aggravated assault under 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2702(a)(1)
• providing that “the credibility of witnesses and the weight to be accorded their testimony is within the province of the factfinder, not the court reviewing the record on appeal”
• “It is settled law that while guilt may be proved by direct or circumstantial evidence, it may not rest upon mere suspicion or conjecture.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).