Court Opinion

ID: 9729576
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 14:43:15.600311+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:59.784362
License: Public Domain

FORD ELLIOTT, Judge,
concurring.
I join in the majority’s resolution of the case. However, as to the PIC conviction, I do so based on the facts of this case and not on a general proposition that accomplice liability is all that is required to convict for possession of an instrument of crime. I can find, as did the majority, that appellant’s actions established sufficient control over the use of the weapons in this case. He arranged the robbery and enlisted the gunman for the purpose of utilizing their weapons to forcibly relieve the buyers of their money. I, therefore, agree that appellant constructively possessed the weapons. However, to distinguish, if I were reviewing a PIC conviction for the witness Rosado, under the facts of this case, I would be inclined to join. the Dissenting Opinion of my colleague Judge Cavanaugh and decide that mere accomplice liability was not enough.