Commonwealth v. Prado

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• finding [the] Commonwealth failed to establish a prima facie case where Appellee emerged from an alley after the shooting, but no witnesses to the shooting were presented and no evidence of the murder weapon was presented
• where local rule effectively precludes the refiling of the complaint before another issuing authority a direct appeal of the dismissal of the complaint is permitted
• No prima facie case for murder when all that was shown was that defendant came from an alley after the shooting and where no witnesses to the shooting testified
• “As a result [of Rules 520(H) and 605] the Hetherington approach of seeking a review by another judicial officer is not available in Philadelphia.”
• “As a result [of Rules 520(H) and 605] the Hetherington approach of seeking a review by another judicial officer is not available in Philadelphia.”
• circumstantial evidence sufficient for conviction if inferences arising therefrom establish facts beyond reasonable doubt

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