312 Pa. Super. 584 - Commonwealth v. Nunez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““To evaluate the sufficiency of the evidence, we must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth as verdict winner, accept as true all the evidence and all reasonable inferences upon which, if believed, the jury could properly have based its verdict, and determine whether such evidence and inferences are sufficient in law to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, it is the province of the trier of fact to pass upon the credibility of witnesses and the .weight to be accorded the evidence produced. The fact finder is free to believe all, part or none of the evidence.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 381 Pa. Super. 398 - Commonwealth v. Lindenmuth · 325 Pa. Super. 401 - Commonwealth v. Hamm

2. “he is physically deprived of his freedom in any significant way or is placed in a situation in which he reasonably believes that his freedom of action or movement is restricted by such interrogation.”

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