Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 4/12/1979

Commonwealth v. Morgan

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401 A.2d 1182
265 Pa. Super. 225
1979 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2073

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fact that hole in screen door could have been made earlier in day goes to weight not sufficiency of the evidence
one ordinarily expects a residence to contain items of value that can be removed by a single individual
fact that hole in screen door could have been made earlier in day goes to weight not sufficiency of the evidence
“[WJhere alternative constructions of a statute are possible, we must avoid a construction that would result in a statute’s being struck down unnecessarily.”
“Proof of intent is often difficult, and the method of proof will vary depending upon the facts of a given case.”
to preserve constitutionality of statute, phrase, “not manifestly appropriate to lawful uses it [instrument of crime] may have,” construed to mean “manifestly inappropriate to lawful uses it may have”

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Judges: Jacobs, Hoffman, Cer-Cone, Price, Van Voort, Spaeth, Hester

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