2012 Pa. Super. 28 - Commonwealth v. Chine’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 2025
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Widmer · Krupinski v. Vocational Technical School Eastern Northampton County · Commonwealth v. Griscavage · Commonwealth v. Briggs · Devlin v. City of Philadelphia
Most-quoted passages
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“Trial judges, in reviewing a claim that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence do not sit as the thirteenth juror. Rather, the role of the trial judge is to determine that ‘notwithstanding all of the facts, certain facts are so clearly of greater weight that to ignore them or to give them equal weight with all the facts is to deny justice.’”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The standard we apply in reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence is whether viewing all the evidence admitted at trial in the light most favorable to the verdict winner, there is sufficient evidence to enable the fact-finder to find every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. In applying [this] test, we may not weigh the evidence and substitute our judgment for the fact-finder. In addition, we note that the facts and circumstances established by the Commonwealth need not preclude every possibility of innocence. Any doubts regarding a defendant’s guilt may be resolved by the fact-finder unless the evidence is so weak and incon- elusive that as a matter of law no probability of fact may be drawn- from the combined circumstances. The Commonwealth may sustain its burden of proving every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt by means of wholly circumstantial evidence. ■ Moreover, in applying the above test, the entire record must be evaluated and all evidence actually received must be considered. Finally, the trier of fact while passing upon the credibility of witnesses and the weight of the evidence produced, is free to believe all, part or none of the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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