2016 Pa. Super. 242 - Commonwealth v. Yale’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority · Downey v. Weston · Commonwealth v. Williams · Commonwealth v. Hairston · 339 Pa. Super. 15 - Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[O]ur standard of review when considering the denial of jury instructions is one of deference-an appellate court will reverse a court's decision only when it abused its discretion or committed an error of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A person is guilty of involuntary manslaughter when as a direct result of the doing of an unlawful act in a reckless or grossly negligent manner...he causes the death of another person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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