246 Pa. Super. 422 - Commonwealth v. Murray’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently January 2010 · most notably 289 Pa. Super. 126 - Commonwealth v. Harrison (1981), 258 Pa. Super. 109 - Commonwealth v. Phillips (1978)
37 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Eisenstadt v. Baker · Commonwealth v. Shaffer · Commonwealth v. Eiland · Commonwealth v. Rife · Commonwealth v. Williams
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As to the matter of possession, we do not believe that Officer Mumper’s inability to state that appellant was actually driving the stolen vehicle is fatal to the Commonwealth’s case. Under the circumstances, the trier of fact found that appellant was either driving or riding in a vehicle that he knew was stolen. This, coupled with the attempted escape along with his companion, was sufficient basis for the fact finder to apply the doctrine of joint possession, which is appropriate when the “... totality of the circumstances justify a finding that all of the occupants of the vehicle were acting in concert....” Commonwealth v. Shaffer, 447 Pa. 91, 105 , 288 A.2d 727, 735 , cert. denied, 409 U.S. 867 , 93 S.Ct. 164 , 34 L.Ed.2d 116 (1972). Under this doctrine, it is immaterial that appellant may not have been behind the wheel of the stolen vehicle. We are satisfied that the evidence supports conviction of receiving stolen goods beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“recent” for purposes of inferring guilty knowledge. See Commonwealth v. Murray, 246 Pa.Super. 422, 428 , 371 A.2d 910, 912 (1977) (vehicle had been stolen at most four hours prior to defendant’s arrest; clearly constituted”
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.