2016 Pa. Super. 157 - Commonwealth v. Tucker’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
October 2023
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos. · United States v. Powell · Dunn v. United States · Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council · Dilliplaine v. Lehigh Valley Trust 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if a person takes a substantial step toward the commission of a killing, with the specific intent in mind to commit such an act, he may be convicted of attempted murder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The Commonwealth may establish the mens rea required for first-degree murder, specific intent to kill, solely from circumstantial evidence.”
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.