Jones v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
3
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Chambers v. Mississippi · Taylor v. Illinois · Dyer v. Commonwealth · Baker v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“Barnett stands for the principle that an expert may not testify to an additional, undisclosed principle or premise not readily deducible from the conclusions contained in that expert's report. In other words, Barnett was based upon our desire to prevent a party from being deliberately surprised at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“perceive how permitting [the defense expert] to explain why he found fault with the Commonwealth's DNA expert's conclusion and/or methodology would have been impermissible 'sandbagging.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Commonwealth made no effort in the case at hand to link these sexually explicit images to any sexual contact....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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