290 Pa. Super. 33 - Commonwealth v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
August 1996
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Turner v. Louisiana · Commonwealth v. Garvin · Commonwealth v. O'SEARO · Commonwealth v. Casper · Commonwealth v. Slaughter
Most-quoted passages
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“"(1) the manner in which the pretrial identification was conducted; (2) the witness’ prior opportunity to observe the alleged criminal act; (3) the existence of any discrepancies between the defendant’s actual description and any description given by the witness before the photographic identification; (4) any previous identification by the witness of some other person; (5) any previous identification of the defendant himself; (6) failure to identify the defendant on a prior occasion; and (7) the lapse of time between the alleged act and the out-of-court identification.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.