8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 27 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. Ouch.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth v. Ouch Anchor | green | “inferences reasonably drawn from the evidence of record which would support a verdict of guilty are to be given effect, and the evidence must be read in the light most favorable to the commonwealth's case.” | 5 |
| 2 | Commonwealth v. Mattison | green | “specific intent to kill can be established through circumstantial evidence, such as the use of a deadly weapon on a vital part of the victim's body.” | 4 |
| 3 | Commonwealth v. Calloway | green | “misled the police investigation and to obfuscate his participation in the crime.” | 3 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. Weigle | green | “under philadelphia county local criminal rule (h), common pleas motions court judges' orders discharging an accused or denying a re-arrest petition constitute final orders subject to appellate review.” | 3 |
| 5 | Commonwealth v. Santos | green | “it is well-established that to convict a defendant of first-degree murder, the commonwealth must show that the defendant killed another person with the specific intent to kill that person and malice aforethought.” | 3 |
| 6 | Commonwealth Ex Rel. Maisenhelder v. Rundle | green | “the evidence must be considered in the light most favorable to the commonwealth so that inferences that would support a guilty verdict are given effect.” | 3 |
| 7 | Commonwealth v. Ouch | green | “constitutionally infirm unless the inferred fact is more likely than not to flow from the proved fact on which it is made to depend.” | 3 |
| 8 | Commonwealth v. Scarborough | green | “as a general rule . . . appellate courts only have jurisdiction over appeals taken from a final order.” | 3 |
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