273 Pa. Super. 563 - Commonwealth v. Knox’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
July 1996
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roviaro v. United States · Ingraham v. Wright · Commonwealth v. Garvin · Commonwealth v. Tate · Commonwealth v. Carter
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . more is necessary than a mere assertion by the defendant that such disclosure might be helpful in establishing a particular defense. . . . Although the defendant plainly cannot be expected to show that such information will actually be helpful to his defense, the record should at least suggest a reasonable possibility that the information might be helpful, so that it would be unfair to withhold it.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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