334 Pa. Super. 89 - Commonwealth v. Kysor’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 1992
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Lovasco · Lefkowitz v. Newsome · Commonwealth v. Campana · Commonwealth v. Campana · Russell v. Douthitt
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]t is not necessary to produce the body to acquire a homicide conviction. Circumstantial evidence may be so convincing that it alone can satisfy the Commonwealth's burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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