2013 Pa. Super. 2 - Commonwealth v. Page’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he admission of expert scientific testimony is an evidentiary matter for the trial court’s discretion and should not be disturbed on appeal unless the trial court abuses its discretion. An abuse of discretion may not be found merely because an appellate court might have reached a different conclusion, but requires a result of manifest unreasonableness, or partiality, prejudice, bias, or ill-will, or such lack of support so as to be clearly erroneous.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2013 Pa. Super. 82 - Commonwealth v. Harrell

2. “Rule 702. Testimony by experts If scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge beyond that possessed by a layperson will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training or education may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2013 Pa. Super. 82 - Commonwealth v. Harrell

3. “Appellate review of a trial court's denial of a motion for severance is as follows: A motion for severance is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court, and ... its decision will not be disturbed absent a manifest abuse of discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Brown