· 6/26/1989
Commonwealth v. Rozplochi
Citations
- 561 A.2d 25
- 385 Pa. Super. 357
- 1989 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1820
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that there was sufficient evidence to establish the length of a firearm’s barrel from testimony and estimations of size provided by an eyewitness, irrespective of whether the gun was entered into evidence
- noting that there was no evidence indicating gun had an exceptionally long barrel length
- stating that “where a defendant threatens to inflict serious bodily injury on two employees in order to effectuate a theft of property from their common employer, the defendant may be convicted of two counts of robbery.”
- applying the Frisbie rationale to determine whether a defendant commits multiple robberies if he threatens two people while attempting to steal the property of their common employer
- testimony establishing that gun was placed into envelope of certain size sufficient to meet barrel length requirement of Section 6102
- “We hold that where a defendant threatens to inflict serious bodily injury on two employees in order to effectuate a theft of property from their common employer, the defendant may be convicted of two counts of robbery.”
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Judges: Olszewski, Beck, Johnson
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