2016 Pa. Super. 168 - Commonwealth v. Sitler’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Critzer Et Ux. v. Donovan · Commonwealth v. Sherwood · Commonwealth v. Cohen · Commonwealth v. Powell · Philadelphia Entertainment & Development Partners, L.P. v. City of Philadelphia
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An abuse of discretion is not merely an error of judgment, but is rather the overriding or misapplication of the law, or the exercise of judgment that is manifestly unreasonable, or the result of bias, prejudice, ill-will or partiality, as shown by the evidence of record.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“a crime, wrong, or other act ... to prove a person's character in order to show that on a particular occasion the person acted in accordance with the character.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In a criminal case this evidence is admissible only if the probative value of the evidence outweighs its potential for unfair prejudice.”
2 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.