Commonwealth v. Crosscup

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that in a criminal case the “prima facie evidence” rule operates like a permissible inference
• “clear statutory language would be needed ... to buttress an interpretation that knowledge was irrelevant”
• \Proper mailing of a letter is 'prima facie evidence' in civil cases of its receipt by the addressee\
• \Proper mailing of a letter is 'prima facie evidence' in civil cases of its receipt by the addressee\
• to prove operation of motor vehicle with suspended license, Commonwealth must prove receipt of notice of suspension, but need not prove actual knowledge of that suspension
• discussing constitutional limitations on creating strict liability crimes

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).