Com. v. Eddowes
| Decision Date | 17 October 1991 |
| Citation | 529 Pa. 631,600 A.2d 951 |
| Court | Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
| Parties | Commonwealth v. Eddowes (Shane) NO. 1078E.D.1990 |
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Com. v. Herrick
... ... "The essence of a criminal conspiracy is the agreement to perform an unlawful act." Commonwealth v. Eddowes, 397 Pa.Super. 551, 558, 580 A.2d 769, 773 (1990) (citations ... omitted), allocatur denied, 529 Pa. 631, 600 A.2d 951 (1991). Here, appellant knew Sheets, knew the crime was being committed, and was immediately present during its commission, which took place in his own home. Under such ... ...
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State v. Lyle, S-93-414
... ... , after fistfight occurred between victim and defendant, defendant retrieved rifle from his automobile, loaded it, and returned to shoot victim); Com. v. Eddowes, 397 Pa.Super. 551, 580 A.2d 769 (1990), appeal denied 529 Pa. 631, 600 A.2d 951 (1991) (evidence that defendant, after confrontation ... ...
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Com. v. Vida
... ... Lewis, 319 Pa.Super. 33, 465 A.2d 1038 (1983), whereas the same instrument in a murder case did not. Commonwealth v. Eddowes, 397 Pa.Super. 551, 580 A.2d 769 (1990), appeal denied, 529 Pa. 631, 600 A.2d 951 (1991). Similarly, a tire iron used to accomplish a burglary satisfied the statutory definition, Commonwealth v. McNeil, 388 Pa.Super. 108, 564 A.2d 1289 (1989), appeal denied, 525 Pa. 617, 577 A.2d 889 (1990), but ... ...
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Com. v. Butler
... ... Eddowes, 397 Pa.Super. 551, 580 A.2d 769 (1990), alloc. denied, 529 Pa. 631, 600 A.2d 951 (1991). A trial court may award a new trial on this basis only where a verdict is so contrary to the evidence so as to shock one's sense of justice and make the award of a new trial imperative. Commonwealth v ... ...