Commonwealth v. Gonzalez

How courts have described this case

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• evaluating the requisite mental state to be convicted under Pennsylvania equivalent of possession for unlawful purpose
• evidence was insufficient to support conviction for possession of an instrument of crime where defendant acted in self-defense. There was no intent to possess the weapon criminally
• evidence was insufficient to support conviction for possession of an instrument of crime where defendant acted in self-defense. There was no intent to possess the weapon criminally

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Moore, J.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-30· cited 108×
• Commonwealth v. Naranjo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-09-04· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Weston
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-04-17· cited 74×
• In the Interest of A.C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-11-30· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Foster
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-15· cited 22×
• State v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1990-04-04· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Correa
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-23· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-06-07· cited 2×
• In Re AC
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-11-30

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Watson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-08· cited 51×
• Commonwealth v. Burns
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 18×