From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Com. v. Brooks

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Sep 27, 1976
363 A.2d 1132 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1976)

Opinion

September 27, 1976.

Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Criminal Division, No. 5891A October Term, 1974, Wessel, J.

John J. Dean, Anthony J. Lalama, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

John J. Hickton, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Charles W. Johns, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


The evidence was sufficient for the trial judge to deny appellant's demurrer, Commonwealth v. Henderson, 451 Pa. 452, 304 A.2d 154 (1973), and to find appellant guilty of robbery, theft, and simple assault. Commonwealth v. Herman, 227 Pa. Super. 326, 323 A.2d 228 (1974). The convictions are therefore affirmed. However, the judgments of sentence are vacated and the case is remanded for resentencing consistent with the doctrine of merger. Commonwealth v. Nelson, 452 Pa. 275, 305 A.2d 369 (1973).

So ordered.


Summaries of

Com. v. Brooks

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Sep 27, 1976
363 A.2d 1132 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1976)
Case details for

Com. v. Brooks

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. William BROOKS, Jr., Appellant

Court:Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Sep 27, 1976

Citations

363 A.2d 1132 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1976)
363 A.2d 1132

Citing Cases

Com. v. Yancey

In Commonwealth v. Simmons, 233 Pa. Super. 547, 336 A.2d 624 (1975), our court concluded that the crime of…

Com. v. Jellots

We agree with appellant that the latter sentence was improper. Appellant's theft conviction was a lesser…