Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/27/1989

Commonwealth v. Thomas

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561 A.2d 699
522 Pa. 256
1989 Pa. LEXIS 287

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concluding that evidence that appellant entered victim’s apartment without license to do so and items taken from apartment were found in appellant’s possession established sufficient evidence to support burglary conviction
applying Rolan and concluding that a criminal trespass conviction is admissible as evidence of a crime of violence for purposes of Section 9711(d)(9)
applying Rolan and concluding that a criminal trespass conviction is admissible as evidence of a crime of violence for purposes of Section 9711(d)(9)
finding the evidence sufficient to sustain a rape conviction where, inter alia, the victim had been strangled and her body was discovered naked from the shoulders down with bruises on both of her thighs
rejecting \the suggestion that the Commonwealth be required to prove how long a victim can withstand an attack or how long the victim was conscious as a measure of how much pain and suffering was experienced.\
“If a proper foundation is laid, the weapon is admissible where the circumstances raise an inference of the likelihood that it was used.”

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Judges: Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Nix

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