Commonwealth v. Izurieta

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “[t]he uncorroborated testimony of a sexual assault victim, if believed, alone is sufficient to support - 11 - J-S35017-25 a sex offense conviction.” (citation omitted)
• recognizing it is the jury’s exclusive province to weigh inconsistencies in a witness’s testimony and to make credibility determinations
• stating that the uncorroborated testimony of a sexual assault victim, if believed, alone is sufficient to support a sex offense conviction
• observing that “[t]he uncorroborated testimony of a sexual assault victim, if believed by the trier of fact, is sufficient to convict a defendant.” (citation omitted)
• finding the evidence sufficient to prove that the victim did not consent to sexual contact where she “pushed [the defendant] away and told him, ‘I can’t do this anymore.’”
• affirming denial of defendant’s weight of the evidence claim based on argument that minor victim was not credible and testified inconsistently because determination of victim’s credibility was within exclusive province of the jury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Williams, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-08-04· cited 28×
• Dolan, L., Aplt. v. Hurd Millwork Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-17· cited 13×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Clay
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-02-08· cited 985×
• Commonwealth v. Tarrach
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-09· cited 113×
• Armbruster v. Horowitz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-06-06· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. McDonough
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-21· cited 66×
• Armbruster v. Horowitz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-12-29· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Velez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-08-17· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Crawford
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-09-30· cited 32×