Commonwealth v. Drumheller

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that prior bad acts evidence of domestic abuse was admissible “to demonstrate the chain or sequence of events that formed the history of the case.”
• holding that evidence may be relevant to prove “the chain or sequence of events that formed the history of the case” or to demonsrate the “natural development of the case”
• holding that evidence may be relevant to prove \the chain or sequence of events that formed the history of the case\ or to demonstrate the \natural development of the case\
• holding that the torso may be considered a vital part of the body
• holding that “[a]lthough evidence of (prior occurrences) which is too remote is not properly admissible ... it is generally true that remoteness of the prior instances … affects the weight of that evidence and not its admissibility”
• holding that the actual injury suffered by an individual is irrelevant in determining whether that individual was placed in grave risk of death by the defendant’s conduct; the relevant question is whether the defendant’s conduct brought the individual into a life-threatening situation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).