Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 6/16/1992

Commonwealth v. Harper

Citations

611 A.2d 1211
416 Pa. Super. 608
1992 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1598

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stating that this Court may affirm a decision of the trial court if there is any basis on the record to support the trial court’s action
failing to address any distinction between the federal and state constitution where issue is one based solely upon federal constitution
holding evidence was sufficient to establish PWID, in absence of cash or paraphernalia for drug dealing, where expert testified that the 11.5 grams of cocaine the defendant possessed was consistent with distribution even though he could not rule out personal use
appellate court may affirm decision of trial court if there is any basis on the record to support the trial court’s action
appellate court has the power to affirm any ruling of the trial court despite its erroneous basis, as long as the ruling is justified by other reasons
sufficiency question is determined by the evidence on the record, not supposed “missing” evidence

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Judges: Cavanaugh, Olszewski, Beck

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