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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 326 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. Widmer.

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1 Commonwealth v. Widmer Anchor
pa · 2000
green “a claim challenging the sufficiency of the evidence is a question of law.” 147
2 Commonwealth v. Miller
pasuperct · 2017
green “further, a conviction may be sustained wholly on circumstantial evidence, and the trier of fact-while passing on the credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence-is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence.” 59
3 Commonwealth v. Miller
pasuperct · 2017
green “we review claims regarding the sufficiency of the evidence by considering whether, viewing all the evidence admitted at trial in the light most favorable to the verdict winner, there is sufficient evidence to enable the fact-finder to find every element of the crime beyond a rea…” 57
4 Commonwealth v. May
pa · 2005
green “whether the evidence at trial, and all reasonable inferences derived therefrom, when viewed in the light most favorable to the commonwealth as verdict winner, are sufficient to establish all elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.” 33
5 Commonwealth v. Miller
pasuperct · 2017
green “in conducting this review, the appellate court may not weigh the evidence and substitute its judgment for the fact-finder.” 23
6 In the Interest of: A.G.C., a Minor
pasuperct · 2016
green “a weight of the evidence claim concedes that the evidence is sufficient to sustain the verdict but seeks a new trial on the grounds that the evidence was so one-sided or so weighted in favor of acquittal that a guilty verdict shocks one's sense of justice.” 7

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