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2010 Pa. Super. 12 - Commonwealth v. Abed’s Empirical Analysis

2010

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 2016
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. Dixon · Commonwealth v. Andrulewicz · 455 Pa. Super. 534 - Commonwealth v. Miller · Com. v. Adames · 2008 Pa. Super. 82 - Commonwealth v. Hutchinson

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

  1. “A motion for judgment of acquittal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction on a particular charge, and is granted only in cases in which the Commonwealth has failed to carry its burden regarding that charge.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “Terroristic threats (a) Offense defined.—A person commits the crime of terroristic threats if the person communicates, either directly or indirectly, a threat to: (1) commit any crime of violence with intent to terrorize another; ***”
    1 later decision 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.