8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 245 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Martin v. Commonwealth.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin v. Commonwealth Anchor | green | “on appeal, we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the commonwealth, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom.” | 98 |
| 2 | Bridgeman v. Commonwealth | green | “the weight which should be given to evidence and whether the testimony of a witness is credible are questions which the fact finder must decide.” | 57 |
| 3 | Martin v. Commonwealth | green | “the judgment of a trial court sitting without a jury is entitled to the same weight as a jury verdict and will not be set aside unless it appears from the evidence that the judgment is plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.” | 41 |
| 4 | Martin v. Commonwealth | green | “we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the commonwealth, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom.” | 22 |
| 5 | Snyder v. Commonwealth | green | “it is our duty to look to that evidence which tends to support the verdict and to permit the verdict to stand unless plainly wrong.” | 14 |
| 6 | First National Bank v. William R. Trigg Co. | green | “to delve into the record and winnow the chaff from the wheat,” | 6 |
| 7 | Carroll v. Com. | green | “to 'lay his finger on the error' in his assignments of error,” | 5 |
| 8 | Josephs v. Commonwealth | green | “intentionally and consciously possessed” | 2 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.