Court Opinion

ID: 9700385
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 21:25:27.636419+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:21:08.435718
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Concurring Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eagbn:
Robbery is a larceny from the person or presence of another by means of violence or threat of violence. Commonwealth v. Simpson, 436 Pa. 459, 260 A. 2d 751 (1970). One of the elements of larceny is a felonious intent to steal, i.e., the animus furandi. It is not larceny where one takes property from another under a claim of right. Commonwealth v. White, 133 Pa. 182, 19 A. 350 (1890); 3 Wharton’s Criminal Law, §1097. Accord, Penn-Air, Inc. v. Idemnity Ins. Co. of N. A., 439 Pa. 511, 269 A. 2d 19 (1970); Thomas v. Kessler, 334 Pa. 7, 5 A. 2d 187 (1939).
Hence, the charge of the trial court was erroneous in part in the instant case. However, since there was *165more than ample evidence to establish that the accused Committed an unlawful killing and was therefore guilty of voluntary manslaughter, the error, in my view, was harmless.
I concur in the result.
Mr. Justice Jones, Mr. Justice O’Brien and Mr. Justice Pomeroy joins.