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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 75 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. Waller.

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1 Commonwealth v. Waller Anchor
massappct · 2016
green “the inferences that support a conviction 'need only be reasonable and possible; they need not be necessary or inescapable.” 49
2 Commonwealth v. Oberle
mass · 2017
green “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 reasonable doubt.” 22
3 Commonwealth v. Powell
mass · 2011
green “in determining the validity of a claim challenging the sufficiency of the commonwealth's evidence at trial, we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the commonwealth to determine whether 'any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crim…” 4

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