Commonwealth v. Diaz

How courts have described this case

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

• holding sexual assault victim’s uncorroborated testimony, if believed by the jury, is sufficient to convict, despite contrary evidence from defense witnesses
• stating that “the uncorroborated testimony of a sexual assault victim, if believed by the trier of fact, is sufficient to convict a defendant[.]” (citation omitted)
• stating that “the uncorroborated testimony of a sexual assault victim, if believed by -7- J-S17033-17 the trier of fact, is sufficient to convict a defendant[.]” (citation omitted)
• determining that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the appellant’s weight claim as “the lack of corroborating physical evidence does not undermine the victim’s testimony, found to be credible by the jury”
• stating “the uncorroborated testimony of a sexual assault victim, if believed by the trier of fact, is sufficient” to sustain a conviction
• rejecting a sufficiency claim that a victim’s allegations were “uncorroborated by other physical evidence and . . . inconsistent”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Lawrence, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-03-27· cited 73×
• Com. v. Bagby, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-01-17
• Com. v. Tepo-Martinez, L.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-12-12

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• Alleyne v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-17· cited 5,868×
• Commonwealth v. Treiber, S., Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-08-17· cited 629×
• Commonwealth v. Newman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-20· cited 623×
• Commonwealth v. Gonzalez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-21· cited 452×
• Commonwealth v. Reid
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-06-09· cited 303×
• Commonwealth v. Charlton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-06-23· cited 263×
• Commonwealth v. Lyons
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 221×
• Commonwealth v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-09-24· cited 132×
• Commonwealth v. Rosser
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-02-26· cited 108×
• Commonwealth v. Upshur
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-12-07· cited 56×
• Com. v. Garland
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-08· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Shaw
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-20· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Northrip
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-28· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Taylor
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-21· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Jannett
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-12-11· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Erney
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-07-23· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Hill
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-05-31· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Greene
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-07-20· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Greene
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-11-20· cited 10×