269 Pa. Super. 17 - Commonwealth v. Middleton’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
November 1984
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Goosby · Commonwealth v. Roux · Commonwealth v. Lipscomb · Commonwealth v. Holmes · Commonwealth v. Hamm
Most-quoted passages
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“The prosecutor was merely telling the jury to avoid this “smokescreen” and evaluate the testimony logically, and not to let the defense counsel divert their attention from the real issue. 19 Commonwealth v. Middleton, 269 Pa.Super. 17, 23 , 409 A.2d 41, 44 (1979).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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