Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 9/26/2006

Commonwealth v. Johnson

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910 A.2d 60
2006 Pa. Super. 265
2006 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3012
2006 WL 2729492

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holding that, under Ap-prendi, “it was not the prerogative of the trial court, but solely the responsibility of the jury ... to find, beyond a reasonable doubt, whether a serious bodily injury resulted from [an] attempted murder”
finding that trial court did / 2 ~/ not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of defendant's flight from arresting officer
holding sentencing court improperly imposed enhanced sentence under Section 1102(c) for attempted murder resulting in serious bodily injury where jury was never presented with question of whether serious bodily injury actually resulted
finding an illegal sentence where the trial court used the jury’s finding of serious bodily injury in relation to the aggravated assault conviction to enhance the defendant’s sentence for his attempted murder conviction
in reviewing sufficiency claim, court is required to view evidence in light most favorable to verdict winner, giving prosecution benefit of all reasonable inferences to be drawn from evidence

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Judges: Joyce, Lally-Green, McEWEN

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