2002 Pa. Super. 255 - Commonwealth v. Nobalez’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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

1. “When reviewing an order denying a motion to suppress evidence, we must determine whether the evidence of record supports the factual findings of the trial court. In making this determination, this [C]ourt may only consider the Commonwealth’s evidence and the defendant’s evidence that remains uncon-tradicted. We view the Commonwealth’s evidence, not as a layperson, but through eyes of a trained police officer. We do not review the evidence piecemeal, but consider the totality of the circumstances in assessing whether probable cause existed.... If the evidence supports the findings of the trial court, those findings bind us and we may reverse only if the .suppression court drew erroneous legal conclusions from the evidence.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2007 Pa. Super. 272 - Commonwealth v. Dutrieville · 2006 Pa. Super. 66 - Commonwealth v. Gallagher