274 Pa. Super. 199 - Commonwealth v. Strube’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
33
cited by 33 later decisions
3
states following
May 1996
most recently cited
33 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Alford v. United States · Williams v. Florida · Wardius v. Oregon · Baldwin v. New York Williams · Commonwealth v. Clair
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) General rule. — Evidence of specific instances of the alleged victim’s past sexual conduct, opinion evidence of the alleged victim’s past sexual conduct, and reputation evidence of the alleged victim’s past sexual conduct shall not be admissible in prosecutions under this chapter except evidence of the alleged victim’s past sexual conduct with the defendant where consent of the alleged victim is at issue and such evidence is otherwise admissible pursuant to the rules of evidence.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“it would so inflame the minds of the jurors that its probative value is outweighed by unfair prejudice.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The rape shield laws are legislative recognitions of the minimal probative value of sexual history and are designed to prohibit, to varying degrees, the travesty of presenting a noisome stream of defense witnesses testifying to the sexual propensities, often sordid and sometimes fanciful, of the complaining witness.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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