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← 172 A3D 632 - Commonwealth v. Miller

Commonwealth v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

2017

Citation profile

21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
October 2025
most recently cited

21 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. Widmer · Commonwealth v. Carson · 2014 Pa. Super. 10 - Commonwealth v. Antidormi · Commonwealth v. Torres · Commonwealth v. Perez

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “We review claims regarding the sufficiency of the evidence by considering whether, viewing all the evidence admitted at trial in the light most favorable to the verdict winner, there is sufficient evidence to enable the fact-finder to find every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “Further, a conviction may be sustained wholly on circumstantial evidence, and the trier of fact-while passing on the credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence-is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “In conducting this review, the appellate court may not weigh the evidence and substitute its judgment for the fact-finder.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.