Ex Parte: Austin Rucker

How courts have described this case

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

• reminding trial judges that they have authority to interrupt improper argument
• victim's credibility went to heart of case where Commonwealth's evidence \consisted primarily of the victim's testimony and four fresh complaint witnesses\
• judge acted within \sound discretion\ in excluding evidence that the victim had been molested previously
• unobjected-to misstatement of fact in closing argument to be reviewed for substantial risk of miscarriage of justice
• “the jury must be presented with some rational basis on which to reject the Commonwealth’s proof on one or more of the requisite elements of the greater offense”
• “the jury must be presented with some rational basis on which to reject the Commonwealth’s proof on one or more of the requisite elements of the greater offense”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).