323 Pa. Super. 92 - Commonwealth v. Thiel’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently January 2020 · most notably Commonwealth v. Moose (1992), 364 Pa. Super. 521 - Commonwealth v. Gordon (1987)
44 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Dennis v. United States · Perini v. Downey · Commonwealth v. Hamm · Commonwealth v. Bonacurso
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) In all court cases, on request by the defendant, and subject to any protective order which the Commonwealth might obtain under this rule, the Commonwealth shall disclose to the defendant’s attorney all of the following requested items or information, provided they are material to the instant case. The Commonwealth shall, when applicable, permit the defendant’s attorney to inspect and copy or photograph such items. (a) Any evidence favorable to the accused that is material either to guilt or to punishment, and is ■within the possession or control of the attorney for the Commonwealth. * * * (f) any tangible objects, including documents, photographs, fingerprints, or other tangible evidence; and (g) the transcripts and recordings of any electronic surveillance, and the authority by which the said transcripts and recordings were obtained.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“(E) REMEDY. If at any time during the course of the proceedings it is brought to the attention of the court that a party has failed to comply with this rule, the court may order such party to permit discovery or inspection, may grant a continuance, or may prohibit such party from introducing evidence not disclosed, other than testimony of the defendant, or it may enter such other order as it deems just under the circumstances.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““In exercising its discretion to grant or deny a request for discretionary discovery, the court is to be guided by the following principle of the ABA standards relating to discovery and procedure before trial, §1.2 (Approved Draft, 1970): “In order to provide adequate information for informed pleas, expedite trials, minimize surprise, afford opportunity for effective cross-examination, and meet the requirements of due process, discovery prior to trial should be as full and free as possible consistent with the protection of persons, effective law enforcement, the adversary system, and national security.” Pa.R.Crim.P. 305 comment.”
2 later decisions 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.