2016 Pa. Super. 292 - Commonwealth v. Sunealitis’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Our standard of review is well-settled. In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, we must determine whether the evidence admitted at trial, and all reasonable inferences drawn from that evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth as verdict winner, was sufficient to enable the fact finder to conclude that the Commonwealth established all of the elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt. The Commonwealth may sustain its burden by means of wholly circumstantial evidence. Further, the trier of fact is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence. Commonwealth v. Woodard , 634 Pa. 162 , 129 A.3d 480 , 489-90 (2015) (citations omitted). "Whether sufficient evidence exists to support the verdict is a question of law; our standard of review is de novo and our scope of review is plenary." Commonwealth v. Tejada , 107 A.3d 788 , 792 (Pa. Super. 2015).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Jordan