Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 4/22/1983

Commonwealth v. Davis

Citations

459 A.2d 1267
313 Pa. Super. 355
1983 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2925

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concluding that entering a store through a small window and telling an employee to “get back, get back” were aggressive actions sufficient to support a robbery conviction under Sec. 3701(a)(l)(ii)
affirming conviction where defendant entered store through a window, told the clerk to “get back,” and removed money from the register; holding these were “aggressive actions which implicitly carried with them a threat of imminent bodily harm”
when trial judge sits as trier of fact, he must evaluate credibility and weight of witnesses’ testimony
evidence that the defendant climbed through a store window, told proprietor to get back and proceeded to remove money from the cash register was held sufficient for robbery conviction under § 3701(a)(l)(ii)

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Judges: Hester, Beck, Van Voort

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