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8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 250 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. Bruce.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth v. Bruce Anchor | green | “unless the evidence is so weak and inconclusive that as a matter of law no probability of fact may be drawn from the combined circumstances.” | 72 |
| 2 | Commonwealth v. Kinney | green | “as an appellate court, we do not assess credibility nor do we assign weight to any of the testimony of record.” | 61 |
| 3 | Commonwealth v. Bruce | green | “the commonwealth may sustain its burden of proving every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt by means of wholly circumstantial evidence.” | 38 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. Bruce | green | “the facts and circumstances established by the commonwealth need not preclude every possibility of innocence.” | 24 |
| 5 | Commonwealth v. Dale | green | “the facts and circumstances established by the commonwealth need not preclude every possibility of innocence.” | 18 |
| 6 | Commonwealth v. Petroll | green | “when a claim is dependent on materials not provided in the certified record, that claim is considered waived.” | 15 |
| 7 | Commonwealth v. New | green | “when two equally reasonable and mutually inconsistent inferences can be drawn from the same set of circumstances....” | 12 |
| 8 | Commonwealth v. Gibbs | green | “the commonwealth may sustain its burden of proving every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt by means of wholly circumstantial evidence.” | 10 |
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