Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 6/20/2019
Commonwealth v. Ellison
Citations
- 213 A.3d 312
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- upholding sufficiency of evidence for convictions for criminal use of communication facility and delivery of controlled substance where text messages, CI testimony, and recording of controlled buy presented at trial
- finding the evidence sufficient for a delivery of a controlled substance conviction when only an agent testified to the details of a drug deal executed by a confidential informant with the appellant
- mere assertion that CI’s identity is material to defense imposes no duty on trial court to balance competing interests and determine if disclosure required
- In order to preserve achallenge to the sufficiency of the evidence on appeal, an appellant's [Pa-R.A.P.] 1925(b
- under PWID statute, delivery occurs where the defendant “physically conveys drugs to another person” regardless of whether an exchange of money takes place; “all that is necessary is that the transfer be between two people”
- under PWID statute, delivery occurs where the defendant “physically conveys drugs to another person” regardless of whether an exchange of money takes place; “all that is necessary is that the transfer be between two people”
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Judges: Lazarus, Murray, Stevens
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Cites
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- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1957-03-25· cited 3,599×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-10-22· cited 317×
- Commonwealth v. GarlandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-01· cited 263×
- Commonwealth v. MurphySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-03-22· cited 212×
- Commonwealth v. TyackSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-17· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-09-26· cited 146×
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-12· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. RobertsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-02-02· cited 125×
- Commonwealth v. StilesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-07-19· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. HerronSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-24· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. BingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-05-19· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. MarshSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-06-23· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. RoebuckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-31· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. BelenkySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-05-09· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. WeigleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-03-24· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. WatsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-01· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. JordanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-09-22· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. MetzgerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-31· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. KoonceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-15· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. HritzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-18· cited 13×
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