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Commonwealth v. Keaton

Citations

  • 419 A.2d 578
  • 276 Pa. Super. 518
  • 1980 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2261

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  • evidence which established that defendant intentionally stabbed and killed his victim was sufficient to support convictions for murder in the first degree and possession of an instrument of crime
  • where a conviction for possessing an instrument of crime was upheld based only upon circumstantial evidence and with an absence of any direct evidence of actual physical possession of the weapon

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Judges: Montgomery, O'Brien, Honeyman

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