Commonwealth v. Chapman

How courts have described this case

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• holding trial court properly applied deadly weapon “used” enhancement where defendant held straight razor in plain view while robbing victim, despite claiming he never employed razor as explicit threat
• finding razor blade held to victim’s face during robbery had sufficient potential to cause harm to justify application of deadly weapon enhancement
• deadly weapon used enhancement applied where defendant openly held a straight razor during robbery, though never made explicit threat with it
• straightedge razor placed at the face of an individual is a deadly weapon
• straightedge razor placed at the face of an individual is a deadly weapon
• straightedge razor placed at the face of an individual is a deadly weapon

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Buterbaugh
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-05-13· cited 510×
• Commonwealth v. Shull
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-09-13· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Brougher
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-07-13· cited 110×
• Commonwealth v. Blake
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-03-23· cited 4×
• Com. v. Tavarez, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-31

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. McKeithan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-01-31· cited 23×