2017 Pa. Super. 20 - Commonwealth v. McCoy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “may reverse only if the court erred in reaching its legal conclusions based upon the facts.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Yorgey · Commonwealth v. Soto

2. “pass on the credibility of witnesses and determine the weight to be given to their testimony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Yorgey · Commonwealth v. Fudge

3. “A “mere encounter” need not be supported by any level of suspicion but carries no official compulsion to stop or respond. An “investigative detention” must' be supported by reasonable suspicion and subjects the suspect to a stop and a period of detention, but it does not have the coercive conditions that would constitute an arrest. The courts determine whether reasonable suspicion exists by examining the totality of the circumstances. An arrest, or “custodial detention,” must be supported by probable cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2017 Pa. Super. 208 - Commonwealth v. Brockman