Commonwealth v. FINKELSTEIN’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently November 1989 · most notably Commonwealth v. Robson (1975), Commonwealth v. Sisak (1969)
31 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Elliott · Commonwealth v. Giacobbe · 168 Pa. Super. 152 - Commonwealth v. Palarino · Commonwealth v. Loomis · Commonwealth v. Darnell
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although it is proper to cross-examine concerning specific convictions of crimes affecting the credibility of the witness, the crimes must be those for which a sentence has been imposed. In Commonwealth v. Palarino, 168 Pa. Super. 152, 156 , 77 A.2d 665, 667 [(1951)], it was said: “With respect to impeachment of witnesses by records of previous convictions, it has been decided that ‘conviction’ must be given its strict technical meaning. Neither a verdict nor a plea will, without more, suffice____””
2 later decisions 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.