Commonwealth v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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• defendant observed standing near apartment window seconds after it had been smashed and then walking away—held insufficient
• although appellant was seen standing some ten feet away from the premises looking towards it, a window was broken, a screen removed, and he was seen walking away from the scene a short time later, the evidence was insufficient for attempted burglary

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Pestinikas
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-12-10· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Tingle
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-11· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Gonzales
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-03-05· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Stores
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-22· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Otto
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-21· cited 12×
• In Re Amos
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-05-29· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-14· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-22· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Milton
  Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas· 1992-03-23

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Garrett
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-09-27· cited 124×
• Commonwealth v. Stanley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 76×
• Commonwealth v. Goodman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Dawson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1920-03-08· cited 23×