Commonwealth v. Deer’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2020
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Eisenstadt v. Baker · Commonwealth v. Hardcastle · Commonwealth v. Shaffer · Commonwealth v. Wojdak · Commonwealth v. Simmons
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where there is other direct evidence of guilt or of the element of the offense, then the Commonwealth need not rely solely on inference to meet its burden. In that situation, the inference is one piece of circumstantial evidence tending to prove the ultimate fact. The focus of our inquiry then becomes, as always, whether the totality of the evidence, together with all reasonable inferences, is sufficient in law to prove the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Therefore, where the Commonwealth introduces other facts tending to prove guilt or an element of the offense, the inferred fact need not follow beyond a reasonable doubt from the proved facts if the totality of the evidence establishes guilt or an element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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