Commonwealth v. Holmes

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 1983-06-10

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SPAETH, Judge: We ordered these three appeals consolidated because the principal issue in each of them is whether a “boilerplate” post-verdict motion—that is, a motion stating only that “the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict” or that “the verdict was against the weight of the evidence”—preserves any issue for appellate review. On this issue, we have found the law far from clear, and we have been unable to agree…

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