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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 294 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 Crowder v. Commonwealth.

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1 Crowder v. Commonwealth Anchor
vactapp · 2003
green “a reviewing court does not 'ask itself whether it believes that the evidence at the trial established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” 113
2 Riner v. Com.
va · 2004
green “we must instead ask whether 'any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt,” 66
3 Kelly v. Commonwealth
vactapp · 2003
green “any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” 64
4 Van Andre Beasley v. Commonwealth of Virginia
vactapp · 2012
green “in the light most favorable to the commonwealth, as we must since it was the prevailing party” 38
5 Crowder v. Commonwealth
vactapp · 2003
green “does not 'ask itself whether it believes that the evidence at the trial established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” 8
6 Boyd v. County of Henrico
vactapp · 2004
green “under basic principles of appellate review, we may not go beyond the record developed in the trial court.” 5

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