Anderson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The standard of review of an evidentia-ry ruling is abuse of discretion. The test for an abuse of discretion ‘is whether the trial judge’s decision was arbitrary, unreasonable, unfair, or unsupported by sound legal principles.’ This Court will not disturb the trial court’s decision to admit evidence absent an abuse of discretion.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Padgett · Lopez v. Commonwealth

2. “No error in ... the admission ... of evidence ... is ground for granting a new trial or for setting aside a verdict ... unless it appears to the court that the denial of such relief would be inconsistent with substantial justice. The court at every stage of the proceeding must disregard any error or defect in the proceeding that does not affect the substantial rights of the parties.”). We have sometimes expressed different harmless error standards, variously holding that an error is harmless if”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Parker v. Commonwealth