2006 Pa. Super. 320 - Commonwealth v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 2016
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Wojdak · Commonwealth v. McBride · Commonwealth v. Huggins · Commonwealth v. Prado · 456 Pa. Super. 741 - Commonwealth v. Saunders
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Commonwealth must show sufficient probable cause that the defendant committed the offense, and the evidence should be such that if presented at trial, and accepted as true, the judge would be warranted in allowing the case to go to the jury. When deciding whether a prima facie case was established, the evidence [must be viewed] in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, and all reasonable inferences based on that evidence which could support a guilty verdict [must be considered].”
3 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.