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9 canonical passages across 9 cases, quoted by 267 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 Maxwell v. Com..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxwell v. Com. Anchor | green | “whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” | 79 |
| 2 | Bolden v. Com. | green | “when reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction, the court will affirm the judgment unless the judgment is plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.” | 60 |
| 3 | United States v. Powell | green | “sufficiency-of-the-evidence review involves assessment by the courts of whether the evidence adduced at trial could support any rational determination of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” | 49 |
| 4 | Riner v. Com. | green | “we also accord the commonwealth the benefit of all inferences fairly deducible from the evidence.” | 28 |
| 5 | Crowder v. Commonwealth | green | “applies not only to the historical facts themselves, but the inferences from those facts as well.” | 16 |
| 6 | Britt v. Com. | green | “the evidence in the light most favorable to the commonwealth, the prevailing party in the circuit court, and we accord the commonwealth the benefit of all reasonable inferences deducible from the evidence.” | 15 |
| 7 | Nolen v. Commonwealth | green | “on review of a challenge to its sufficiency, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the commonwealth, the party prevailing below, and grant to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom.” | 10 |
| 8 | Stanley v. Webber | green | “without his permission and with the intent to permanently deprive him of that property.” | 7 |
| 9 | Jones v. Com. | green | “is plainly wrong or without evidentiary support.” | 3 |
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.