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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/21/2011

Commonwealth v. Ramtahal

Citations

  • 33 A.3d 602
  • 613 Pa. 316
  • 2011 Pa. LEXIS 3089

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that “the jury, which passes upon the weight and credibility of each witness’s testimony, is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence.”
  • stating that “the jury, which passes upon the weight and credibility of each witness’s testimony, is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence.”
  • holding it is within the discretion of the trial court, sitting as finder of fact, to resolve any conflicts in testimony, and we will not disturb its findings supported by the record
  • holding it is within the discretion of the trial court, sitting as finder of fact, to resolve any conflicts in testimony, and we will not disturb its findings supported by the record
  • explaining that “[t]he Commonwealth may sustain its burden of proof by means of wholly circumstantial evidence, and the jury, which passes upon the weight and credibility of each witness’s testimony, is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence”
  • explaining that “[t]he Commonwealth may sustain its burden of proof by means of wholly circumstantial evidence, and the [fact-finder], which passes upon the weight and credibility of each witness’s testimony, is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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

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