Bailey v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 1983
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Combs v. Commonwealth · Wood, Jr. v. Commonwealth · Bass v. Commonwealth · Lanter v. Commonwealth · Robards v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]t is the duty of the trial court to give the evidence the construction most favorable to the Commonwealth of which it is reasonably susceptible, and when that is done, if it tends to prove the guilt of the defendant the case should be submitted to the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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