Opinion

Commonwealth v. DiEMIDIO

  • 198 Pa. Super. 571
  • 182 A.2d 537
  • 1962 Pa. Super. LEXIS 747
Court
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Jun 15, 1962
Status
Published
Author
Watkins
On the bench
Rhodes, Ervin, Wright, Woodside, Watkins, Montgomery, Flood
Cited by
4 cases
Authority
More cited than 10.2%

Reversed on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Yobbagy, 410 Pa. 172 (1963)

The opinion

Dissenting Opinion by

Watkins, J.:

I would arrest judgment as to the defendant, Joseph E. Yobbagy, on the ground that the evidence of conspiracy was insufficient to sustain the guilty verdict of the jury. The evidence necessary to prove a criminal conspiracy must rise above mere suspicion or possibility of guilty collusion, and the evidence in this record, upon which this conviction is based, is only mere suspicion and possibility of collusion. Com. v. Burdell, 380 *579 Pa. 48 , 110 A. 2d 193 (1955). This is another example where the crime of conspiracy is being used as a catchall when the prosecution is unable to prove a specific crime. Com. v. Fabrizio, 197 Pa. Superior Ct. 45, 58 , 176 A. 2d 142 (1961).

Montgomery, J., joins in this dissent.

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