Commonwealth v. Niziolek

How courts have described this case

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

• comment permissible if the evidence is so strong that the defendant, if innocent, could be expected to call the witness
• failure of judge to define one of elements of arson, along with other instructional errors, required reversal of arson conviction
• at arson trial, where judge failed to define malice, the jury could not determine whether Commonwealth had carried its burden of establishing this element beyond a reasonable doubt
• malice as a necessary element of the crime of arson
• malice as a necessary element of the crime of arson

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).