Court Opinion

ID: 9763780
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 02:55:38.071636+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:49.689223
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ROBERTS, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result. At sentencing, the court which heard the evidence and imposed a verdict of guilty described this as “a borderline case.” This characterization convinces me that the Commonwealth has failed to carry its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. See Commonwealth v. Oglesby, 438 Pa. 91, 94, 263 A.2d 419, 420 (1970) (factfinder stated “I could have decided it, perhaps, either way”); see generally, Levin & Cohen, The Exclusionary Rules in Nonjury Criminal Cases, 119 U.Pa.L.Rev. 905 (1971). Appellant, therefore, must be discharged.
FLAHERTY, J., joins in this concurring opinion.