Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 10/6/1977

Commonwealth v. Walters

Citations

378 A.2d 1232
250 Pa. Super. 446
1977 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2377

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holding that six days was sufficient to justify the inference
finding inference of guilty knowledge permissible based upon evidence of possession six days after theft
guilty knowledge properly inferred by unexplained possession of stolen furniture six days after theft, where the defendant fled to avoid police
guilty knowledge properly inferred by unexplained possession of stolen furniture six days after theft, where defendant fled to avoid police
jury could infer that defendant had power to control stolen goods due to fact that he partially owned trailer where goods were found and was present in trailer at various times when goods were there
jury could have inferred that the defendant had the power to control the stolen goods from the fact that he had a proprietary interest in the trailer where the goods were found and from his presence in the trailer at various times when the goods were there

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Judges: Spaeth, Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van Voort Spaeth

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