Commonwealth v. Petteway

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a defendant's constitutional protection against double jeopardy was violated when trial judge commanded the jury to return to deliberations after it rendered inconsistent verdicts
• holding evidence was sufficient to prove constructive possession even though defendant and drugs were found in different rooms of same residence
• stating that the evidence was sufficient to support appellant’s conviction of possession of a controlled substance despite appellant and the controlled substance being found in different rooms
• concluding appellant waived weight claim by failing to raise it with trial judge
• notice of appeal timely if filed within 30 days of the order denying post-sentence motion being entered on docket
• inconsistent verdicts “while often perplexing, are not considered mistakes and do not constitute a basis for reversal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).