Rollston v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a defendant's false statements permit an inference he is trying to conceal his guilt
• holding that the fact finder was entitled to conclude that the defendant was lying to conceal his guilt
• holding that the fact finder was entitled to conclude that the defendant was lying to conceal his guilt
• holding that the factfinder is not required to accept a witness’ testimony, but instead is free to “rely on it in whole, in part, or reject it completely”
• recognizing principal in the second degree liability where “defendant procured, encouraged, countenanced, or approved commission of the crime”
• discussing that the trier of fact is not required to accept a witness’ testimony, but instead is free to “rely on it in whole, in part, or reject it completely”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).