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2017 Pa. Super. 261 - Commonwealth v. Yocolano’s Empirical Analysis

2017

Citation profile

9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
November 2025
most recently cited

8 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. Petrillo · Commonwealth v. Drumheller · Commonwealth v. Johnson · Commonwealth v. Spotz · Commonwealth v. Davido

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.

  1. “(a) Rationally based on the witness's perception; (b) Helpful to clearly understanding the witness's testimony or to determining a fact in issue; and (c) Not based on scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge within the scope of Rule 702.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “In the event of an erroneous admission of evidence, a verdict can still be sustained if the error was harmless.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “did not prejudice the defendant or the prejudice was de minimis”
    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.