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Commonwealth v. Martin

Citations

  • 446 A.2d 965
  • 300 Pa. Super. 497
  • 1982 Pa. Super. LEXIS 4428

How courts have described this case

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  • presumption that person concealing unpurchased goods has intent to commit retail theft is permissive
  • “If a person conceals merchandise either in a store or outside of it, without first having paid for it, it reasonably follows that he intends to deprive the merchant of the item(s).”
  • “If a person conceals merchandise either in a store or outside of it, without first having paid for it, it reasonably follows that he intends to deprive the merchant of the item(s).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Van Yoort, Spaeth, Hoffman, Van Voort

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