Skip to main content
Federal & State Lawfederalstatelaw.com
Home/Federal/Cases
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/30/2013

Commonwealth v. Lyons

Citations

  • 79 A.3d 1053
  • 622 Pa. 91
  • 2013 WL 5827277
  • 2013 Pa. LEXIS 2584

How courts have described this case

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

  • affirming trial court's denial of new trial for after-discovered evidence \given the overwhelming remainder of the evidence inculpating Appellant\
  • “This Court has repeatedly rejected the argument that an officer relying on statements from an ordinary citizen, in contrast to a police informant, must establish the citizen’s credibility and reliability.”
  • A trial court should grant a motion for new trial on the ground of after-discovered evidence where producible and admissible evidence discovered after trial: (1) could not have been obtained prior to the end of trial with the exercise of reasonable diligence; (2
  • “an appellate court does not substitute its judgment for the finder of fact and consider the underlying question of whether the verdict is against the weight of the evidence, but, rather, determines only whether the trial court abused its discretion in making its determination”
  • “A weight of the evidence claim concedes that the evidence is sufficient to sustain the verdict, but seeks a new trial on the ground that the evidence was so one-sided or so weighted in favor of acquittal that a guilty verdict shocks one’s sense of justice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Baer, Castille, Eakin, McCaffery, Saylor, Stevens, Todd

Read full opinion on CourtListener

Cited by

30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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

Other cases with this name

Sourced from CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.