First Degree Murder | Conspiracy | Instrument of a Crime | Sufficiency of Evidence | Requisite Intent | Circumstantial Evidence
Commonwealth v. Collins, PICS Case No. 13-1462 (Pa. Super. June 28, 2013) Lazarus, J. (18 pages).
There was sufficient evidence to support appellant's convictions for first degree murder, criminal conspiracy and possession of an instrumentality of a crime where witnesses observed appellant and his co-defendant cousin, who was holding a gun, approach the victim, heard gunshots and later observed them flee the scene. Affirmed.
