2006 Pa. Super. 204 - Commonwealth v. Levanduski’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently March 2020 · most notably 2008 Pa. Super. 6 - Commonwealth v. Williams (2008), 2011 Pa. Super. 201 - Commonwealth v. Koch (2011)
27 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 Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Crawford v. Washington · Florida v. Bostick · Griffith v. United States · Paul v. A. Levy & J. Zentner Co.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Admission of evidence is within the sound discretion of the trial court and will be reversed only upon a showing that the trial court clearly abused its discretion. Admissibility depends on relevance and probative value. Evidence is relevant if it logically tends to establish a material fact in the case, tends to make a fact at issue more or less probable or supports a reasonable inference or presumption regarding a material fact. Judicial discretion requires action in conformity with law, upon facts and circumstances judicially before the court, after hearing and due consideration. An abuse of discretion is not merely an error of judgment, but if in reaching a conclusion the law is overridden or misapplied or the judgment exercised is manifestly unreasonable, or the result of partiality, prejudice, bias, or ill will, as shown by the evidence or the record, discretion is abused.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) Statement. A “statement” is (1) an oral or written assertion or (2) nonverbal conduct of a person, if it is intended by the person as an assertion. (b) Declarant. A “declarant” is a person who makes a statement. (c) Hearsay. “Hearsay” is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]n his letter, Mr. Sandt wrote about the relationship between appellant and Mr. Fransen and referred to: Appellant’s allegations of spousal abuse; appellant’s desire to further her relationship with Mr. Fransen; Mr. Sandt’s own demand for his share of the marital property; and, the possible nexus between appellant and Mr. Fransen, and Mr. Sandt’s missing .22 caliber revolver.”
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.