Commonwealth v. Spennato’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 282 Pa. Super. 100 - Commonwealth v. Bidner · 298 Pa. Super. 294 - Commonwealth v. Volk · 265 Pa. Super. 494 - Commonwealth v. Anderson · 257 Pa. Super. 369 - Commonwealth v. Broughton · 255 Pa. Super. 25 - Commonwealth v. Eddington
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The interrogation tactic of the Crime Commission investigator reeks of unfairness in that it deprived the appellant of any opportunity to be apprised of the impact of the question; a question so patently ambiguous that to allow it to serve as the basis for a perjury prosecution is contrary to all notions of fairness and justice.” Id. at 537 , 465 A.2d at 684 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(a) Offense person is guilty of perjury, a felony of the third degree, if in any official proceeding he makes a false statement under oath or equivalent affirmation, or swears or affirms the truth of a statement previously made, when the statement is material and he does not believe it to be true.”
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.