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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 41 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 Commonwealth v. Lyons.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth v. Lyons Anchor | green | “a weight of the evidence claim concedes that the evidence is sufficient to sustain the verdict, but seeks a new trial on the ground that the evidence was so one-sided or so weighted in favor of acquittal that a guilty verdict shocks one's sense of justice.” | 26 |
| 2 | Armbruster v. Horowitz | green | “the general rule in this commonwealth is that a weight of the evidence claim is primarily addressed to the discretion of the judge who actually presided at trial.” | 8 |
| 3 | Commonwealth v. Blakeney | green | “an appellate court determines whether the trial court abused its discretion based upon review of the record; its role is not to consider the underlying question in the first instance.” | 7 |
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.