Little v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 2015
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · Illinois v. Vitale · Commonwealth v. Benham · Commonwealth v. English · Commonwealth v. Sawhill
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n determining admissibility of evidence, it is necessary to make an assessment as to the probative worth of the evidence; to make an assessment as to the probable impact of the evidence (ie., undue prejudice); and to determine whether the probative worth is substantially outweighed by the undue prejudice of the evidence. 31”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ross v. Commonwealth
How this case has been treated — in progress
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