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· 8/12/2003

Commonwealth v. Burkett

Citations

  • 830 A.2d 1034
  • 2003 Pa. Super. 293
  • 2003 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2373

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding weight of evidence claim waived when not presented to trial court
  • noting a claim challenging the weight of the evidence generally cannot be raised for the first time in a Rule 1925(b) statement
  • explaining failure to use any of prescribed methods for presenting weight issue to trial court constitutes waiver of that claim on appeal, even if trial court addresses it in Rule 1925(a) opinion
  • generally, a claim challenging the weight of the evidence cannot be raised for the first time in a concise statement
  • generally, a claim challenging the weight of the evidence cannot be raised for the first time in a concise statement
  • generally, a claim challenging the weight of the evidence cannot be raised for the first time in a concise statement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Todd, Graci, Tamilia

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