Commonwealth v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
December 1979
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth Ex Rel. Edgar v. Davis · Commonwealth ex rel. Coades v. Gable · Apartment Owners & Managers Committee v. Brown
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We agree that no useful purpose is served by unduly restricting extradition since the ultimate question of guilt or innocence can only be determined in the demanding state. Nevertheless, having in mind the expense, inconvenience, and jeopardy involved in defending against a criminal charge in another state, we hold that where an appellant positively and unequivocally testifies that he was not present in the demanding state at the time of the alleged offense, that state must present some testimony that will be subject to cross-examination by appellant’s counsel to support the allegation that he was present. This ruling places but little burden upon the demanding state because our decisions require only slight evidence to support the rendition warrant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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