2011 Pa. Super. 138 - Commonwealth v. Griffin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

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

1. “only if there is an error in the legal conclusions drawn from those factual findings.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Dix · Commonwealth v. Price

2. “It is well-established that for a search warrant to be constitutionally valid, the issuing authority must decide that probable cause exists at the time of its issuance, and make this determination on facts described within the four corners of the supporting affidavit, and closely related in time to the date of issuance of the warrant. It is equally well established that a reviewing court [must] pay great deference to an issuing authority's determination of probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant. Moreover, our Supreme Court has recognized that affidavits supporting search warrants normally are prepared ..., 'by nonlawyers in the midst and haste of a criminal investigation,' and, accordingly, said affidavits, should be interpreted in a 'common sense and realistic' fashion rather than in a hypertechnical manner.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2016 Pa. Super. 109 - Commonwealth v. Korn