Mullins v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. ““ Joda Adams admitted that he had been convicted of a felony and had served a term in the penitentiary, and it is argued that his testimony should be disregarded, and that, without it, there is no testimony to sustain the verdict. “The fact that the prosecuting witness had been convicted of a felony only affected his credibility as a witness and whether or not his version of the affair was true was for the jury to determine. We have frequently held that it is the province of the jury to pass upon the weight and sufficiency of the evidence and the credibility of the witnesses and that they may accept the testimony of one witness or set of witnesses.””

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