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Commonwealth v. Phillips

Citations

  • 392 A.2d 708
  • 258 Pa. Super. 109
  • 1978 Pa. Super. LEXIS 4000

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  • concluding that the absence of any relationship between the owner of property and the defendant implied guilty knowledge
  • appellant in possession of repainted motorcycle in the same city where it had been stolen, with the serial number marred
  • inference of guilty knowledge permissible where defendant found with repainted motorbike one week after theft in same city where it had been reported stolen
  • appellant in possession of repainted motorcycle in the same city where it had been stolen, with the serial number marred
  • a minimum sentence of confinement shall not exceed one-half of the maximum sentence imposed
  • possession of stolen motor vehicle was considered recent one week after the theft

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

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