2017 Pa. Super. 237 - Commonwealth v. Storey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In determining whether evidence should be admitted, the trial court must weigh the relevant and probative value of the evidence against the prejudicial impact of that evidence. Evidence is relevant if it logically tends to establish a material fact in the case or tends to support a reasonable inference regarding a material fact. Although a court may find that evidence is relevant, the court may nevertheless conclude that such evidence is inadmissible on account of its prejudicial impact.”

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

2. “this Court has concluded that a delivery of heroin alone satisfies the recklessness requirement when a death occurs as a result of the sale.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Com. v. Peck, M., Jr.

3. “the dangers of heroin are so great and well-known,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Com. v. Peck, M., Jr.