Couch v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. ““We are constrained, however, to say that the whole evidence introduced 'by the Commonwealth, and ibv the defendant as well, shows that appellant in the shooting of Smith acted only in self-defense, and, while there was no motion for a directed verdict, in the grounds for a new trial it is complained that the verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence, and on this ground the court should have granted a new trial. We have failed to finds any evidence of a physical fact bearing upon the situation of the parties at the time that sufficiently contradicts the evidence of the eye-witnesses to authorize the submission of this case to the jury, and, while we are convinced there is something connected with the case which has not been brought to light, we are unwilling to say that the evidence as it stands is sufficient to support a judgment of conviction.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Couch v. Commonwealth