Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/28/1982
Commonwealth v. Hamm
Citations
- 447 A.2d 960
- 301 Pa. Super. 266
- 1982 Pa. Super. LEXIS 4325
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- holding that the Commonwealth did not prove Hamm constructively possessed a gun found on the passenger side floor of a vehicle he was driving, which also contained three other individuals, because there was no evidence to prove Hamm knew the gun was there
- “At the least, the evidence must show that the defendant knew of the existence of the item.”
- Commonwealth failed to prove defendant constructively possessed gun police found on passenger side of car he was driving, with three passengers, because defendant could not have seen the gun and there was no evidence he knew of its presence
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Judges: Spaeth, Montgomery, Lipez
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Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 163×
- Commonwealth v. FortuneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-04-23· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. TownsendSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-01-09· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. ArmsteadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-23· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. BentleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-07· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. FiumeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-30· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. WisorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. FinneganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-26· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. PerdieSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-06· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. FlytheSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-14· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. NovickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-07· cited 9×
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