Commonwealth v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
December 2000
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Raiford · In re Morris · Commonwealth v. Rios · Commonwealth v. Mudrick · Commonwealth v. Mehmeti
Most-quoted passages
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“When reviewing a sufficiency of the evidence claim, this Court must view the evidence and all reasonable inferences to be drawn from the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth as verdict winner, and we must determine if the evidence, thus viewed, is sufficient to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. This Court may not substitute its judgment for that of the factfinder. If the record contains support for the verdict, it may not be disturbed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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