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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 38 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. Sullivan.

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1 Commonwealth v. Sullivan Anchor
pa · 1977
green “need not be absolutely incompatible with the defendant's innocence, but the question of any doubt is for the jury unless the evidence 'be so weak and inconclusive that as a matter of law no probability of fact can be drawn from the combined circumstances.” 11
2 Commonwealth v. Hardcastle
pa · 1988
green “this standard is equally applicable to cases where the evidence is circumstantial rather than direct so long as the combination of the evidence links the accused to the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” 10
3 Commonwealth v. Jackson
pa · 1984
green “whether, viewing all the evidence admitted at trial, together with all reasonable inferences therefrom, in the light most favorable to the commonwealth, the trier of fact could have found that each element of the offense charged was supported by evidence and inferences sufficien…” 8
4 Commonwealth v. Sanchez
pasuperct · 1992
green “whether, viewing all the evidence admitted at trial, together with all reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom, in the light most favorable to the commonwealth as the verdict winner, the jury could have found that each and every element of the charged offenses was proved bey…” 3
5 Commonwealth v. Hardcastle
pa · 1988
green “is circumstantial rather than direct so long as the combination of the evidence links the accused to the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” 3

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