Commonwealth v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 state decisions

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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Pennsylvania law makes clear that a police officer has probable cause to stop a motor vehicle if the officer observes a traffic code violation, even if it is a minor offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Calabrese · Commonwealth v. Bozeman

2. “[a]ppellate courts are limited to reviewing only the evidence presented at the suppression hearing when examining a ruling on a pre-trial motion to suppress.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Thomas · Com. of Pa. v. Trahey

3. “It is within the suppression court's sole province as factfinder to pass on the credibility of witnesses and the weight to be given their testimony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Thomas · Com. of Pa. v. Trahey