Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/30/2009

Commonwealth v. Rivera

Citations

983 A.2d 1211
603 Pa. 340
2009 Pa. LEXIS 2490

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concluding that the defendant was not justified in responding to a police officer’s pursuit by employing deadly force
holding that a “trial court’s denial of a motion for a new trial based on a weight of the evidence claim is the least assailable of its rulings.”
stating that “the trier of fact, in passing upon the credibility of witnesses, is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence”
stating that “the trier of fact, in passing upon the credibility of witnesses, is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence”
stating that “the trier of fact, in passing upon the credibility of witnesses, is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence”
stating that “the trier of fact, in passing upon the credibility of witnesses, is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence”

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

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