2001 Pa. Super. 377 - Commonwealth v. Passarelli’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Frye v. United States · Commonwealth v. Widmer · Commonwealth v. Hawkins · Commonwealth v. Brown · Commonwealth v. Gibson
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.
“Our standard in reviewing a sufficiency of the evidence claim is that we must view the evidence in a light most favorable to the Commonwealth, and determine whether the evidence presented at trial, including all reasonable inferences that may be drawn therefrom, was sufficient to prove all of the elements of the crime, which appellant challenges beyond a reasonable doubt. Further, we must keep in mind that the credibility of witnesses and the weight to be accorded to the evidence produced are matters within the province of the trier of fact, who is free to believe all, some or none of the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A person acts knowingly with respect to a material element of an offense when: (i) if the element involves the nature of his conduct or the attendant circumstances, he is aware that his conduct is of that nature or that such circumstances exist; and (ii) if the element involves a result of his conduct, he is aware that it is practically certain that his conduct will cause such a result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A diagnosis of `Shaken [Baby] Syndrome' simply indicates that a child found with the type of injuries described above has not suffered those injuries by accidental means. Thus, such expert testimony shows that the child was intentionally, rather than accidentally injured.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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