271 Pa. Super. 317 - Commonwealth v. Leppard’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
February 1994
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 179 Pa. Super. 328 - Commonwealth v. Boulden · 243 Pa. Super. 208 - Commonwealth v. Bradley · Commonwealth v. Bell
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]o show a passion or propensity for illicit sexual relations with the particular person concerned in the crime on trial,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“in a prosecution for incest it is `competent for the commonwealth to introduce evidence of illicit relations between the parties prior to the commission of the specific offense laid in the indictment.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“The defendant's former rape or attempt of rape of a third person cannot be treated as indicating a passion or desire for the woman in issue. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.