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Commonwealth v. Crawford

Citations

  • 427 A.2d 166
  • 285 Pa. Super. 169
  • 1981 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2327

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating to invalidate conviction because defendant was not expressly told facts he already believed to exist would be tantamount to allowing evidence within the knowledge of defendant and available to him at trial can still be considered “after-discovered”
  • to be guilty of theft by unlawful taking, defendant must unlawfully take, or exercise control over, movable property of another with intent to deprive him thereof
  • a defendant cannot claim he has discovered new evidence simply because he had not been expressly told of that evidence
  • a defendant cannot claim he has discovered new evidence simply because he had not been 12 expressly told of that evidence

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Judges: Price, Hester, Cavanaugh

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