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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 19 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. Quinones.

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1 Commonwealth v. Quinones Anchor
massappct · 2019
green “when reviewing the denial of a motion for a required finding of not guilty, 'we consider the evidence introduced at trial in the light most favorable to the commonwealth, and determine whether a rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a…” 11
2 Commonwealth v. Sousa
massappct · 2015
green “the inferences that support a conviction 'need only be reasonable and possible; they need not be necessary or inescapable.” 5
3 Commonwealth v. Quinones
massappct · 2019
green “whether a rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt” 3

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