Commonwealth v. Cruz

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that evidence the appellant shot the victim in the back with a firearm was sufficient to support an inference of malice and specific intent to kill
• finding that evidence that the defendant shot the victim in the back with a firearm was sufficient to support an inference of malice and specific intent to kill
• stating that “[t]he finder of fact is the exclusive judge of the weight of the evidence[,] as the fact finder is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence presented and determines the credibility of the witnesses.”
• stating that “[t]he finder of fact is the exclusive judge of the weight of the evidence[,] as the fact finder is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence presented[,] and determines the credibility of the witnesses.”
• “A defendant is guilty of first[-]degree murder when, with the specific intent to kill, he causes the death of another person.”
• “Evidence that the defendant shot the victim in the back with a handgun is sufficient to permit an inference of malice and specific intent to kill.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Boyd
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-08-14· cited 132×
• Commonwealth v. Crosley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-28· cited 100×
• Commonwealth v. Toritto
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-16· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Foley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-15· cited 76×
• Commonwealth v. Chine
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-13· cited 65×
• Com. v. Pledger, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-02-20

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Champney
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-24· cited 563×
• Marquez-Urquidi v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-28· cited 155×
• Commonwealth v. Davidson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-14· cited 129×
• Commonwealth v. Passmore
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-30· cited 105×
• Commonwealth v. Wallace
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-11-21· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Hargrave
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-10· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. DeJesus
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-08-17· cited 48×
• Com. v. Passmore
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-02-10· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Derr
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-01-15· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Davidson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-15· cited 3×