Commonwealth v. Friend

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he evidence must be more consistent with a crime than an accident, although the possibility of an accident need not be eliminated. The corpus delicti may be established by circumstantial evidence.”
• “The corpus delicti may be established by circumstantial evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Kim
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-11-15· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Zugay
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-19· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Chambliss
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-04-06· cited 12×
• In the Int. of: G.E.W., a Minor
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-06-08· cited 11×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Bardo
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-02-27· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Reyes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-31· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Verticelli
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-01-29· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Daniels
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-31· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Zelosko
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-12-13· cited 6×