Commonwealth v. Reyes

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that while evidence establishing corpus delicti is sufficient, though it may also be supportive of an accident, such evidence is insufficient “if it is merely as consistent with an accident as with a crime”
• acknowledging distinction between preponderance of evidence standard with respect to admissibility of statement and the beyond a reasonable doubt standard applicable to when the factfinder may consider the statement as evidence the accused committed the crime
• “The corpus delicti, like other facts, may be shown by circumstantial evidence; it is sufficient if these circumstances are consistent with a crime even though they are also consistent with … an accident.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Commonwealth v. Fears
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-19· cited 803×
• Commonwealth v. Eichinger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-20· cited 275×
• Jacobs v. Horn
  Third Circuit· 2005-01-20· cited 265×
• Commonwealth v. Edwards
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-08-21· cited 114×
• Commonwealth v. Bullock
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-14· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Hernandez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-21· cited 79×
• Commonwealth v. Blystone
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-02-26· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Zugay
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-19· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Reyes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-30· cited 51×
• Commonwealth v. Herb
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-06-09· cited 46×
• McMullen v. Tennis
  Third Circuit· 2009-04-01· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-15· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Rivera
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-18· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Verticelli
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-01-29· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Reyes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-01-23· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Cuevas
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-02-07· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Chambliss
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-04-06· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Friend
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-08-25· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Moore
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-20· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Baroni
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-22· cited 6×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Zettlemoyer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 709×
• Commonwealth v. Rhodes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-06· cited 230×
• Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 159×
• Commonwealth v. Ware
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-11-20· cited 143×
• Commonwealth v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-30· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Edwards
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 98×
• Commonwealth v. Byrd
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Frazier
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-06-04· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Boykin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-12-20· cited 55×
• Gray v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1882-11-20· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Tallon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-06-02· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Ahlborn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-03-06· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Kasunic
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-02-19· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Fried
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Oliver
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-21· cited 4×