Gwaltney v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that embezzlement requires proof of elements different from those of larceny
• noting that embezzlement requires proof of elements different from those of larceny
• finding monies paid by customers of convenience store to be “entrusted” to store’s cashiers
• “The burden is upon the Commonwealth to prove that extra-judicial inculpatory statements were made voluntarily before they can be admitted in evidence . . . .”
• “Whether [such] a statement was voluntary or the result of coercive police activity is a legal question to be determined from a review of the totality of the circumstances.”
• larceny involves “an unlawful taking by trespass”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).