271 Pa. Super. 102 - Commonwealth v. Geschwendt’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 1992
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Demmitt · 230 Pa. Super. 563 - Commonwealth v. Kloch · Commonwealth v. Walzack · Commonwealth v. England · Commonwealth v. Johnson
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“15 It is therefore apparent that the plurality opinion of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania simply recognized that a general verdict of not guilty would have been tantamount to a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. In fact, the situation was so clear that the Superior Court simply said that the jury was instructed that it could convict Geschwendt of first degree murder or find him”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Geschwendt v. Ryan
How this case has been treated — in progress
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