Commonwealth v. Moseley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]hese principles apply with equal force to bench trials no differently than to jury trials.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gerald, T. v. Commonwealth · Dietz v. Commonwealth

2. “[T]he factfinder determines which reasonable inferences should be drawn from the evidence, and whether to reject as unreasonable the hypotheses of innocence advanced by a defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gerald, T. v. Commonwealth

3. “whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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