Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2/21/2001

Commonwealth v. Torres

Citations

766 A.2d 342
564 Pa. 219
2001 Pa. LEXIS 373

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noting that “the Commonwealth cannot sustain its burden of proof solely on the fact finder’s disbelief of the defendant’s testimony”
stating that “the Commonwealth cannot sustain its burden of proof solely on the fact finder’s disbelief of the defendant’s testimony”
stating that “Commonwealth cannot sustain its burden of proof solely on the fact finder’s disbelief of the defendant’s testimony”
offering that, before the self-defense claim is properly at issue, “there must be some evidence, from whatever source, to justify such a finding,” citing Commonwealth v. Black, 474 Pa. 47, 53, 376 A.2d 627, 630 (1977
explaining that “[t]he trial court’s statement that it did not believe [the defendant’s] testimony is no substitute for the proof the Commonwealth was required to provide to disprove the self-defense claim”
holding there was insufficient evidence to disprove defendant’s self- defense claim where Commonwealth’s case did not provide evidence of who the initial aggressor was, or motive for defendant to be initial aggressor

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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor

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