3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 36 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 Nelson v. Com..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson v. Com. Anchor | green | “negate what 'could have been' or what was a 'possibility.” | 14 |
| 2 | Vasquez v. Commonwealth | green | “when examining an alternate hypothesis of innocence, the question is not whether 'some evidence' supports the hypothesis, but whether a rational factfinder could have found that the incriminating evidence renders the hypothesis of innocence unreasonable.” | 14 |
| 3 | Tyler v. Commonwealth | green | “every reasonable hypothesis of innocence, that is, those 'which flow from the evidence itself, and not from the imagination of defendant's counsel.” | 8 |
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