335 Pa. Super. 19 - Commonwealth v. Snyder’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently July 2015 · most notably 397 Pa. Super. 507 - Commonwealth v. Owen (1990), 394 Pa. Super. 146 - Commonwealth v. Austin (1990)
36 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 Estate of Hauptfuhrer v. Commissioner · Commonwealth v. Wojdak · United States v. Stoehr · Commonwealth of Pa. v. Mullen · Commonwealth v. Prado
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The quantity and quality of evidence presented there “should be such that if presented at trial in court, and accepted as true, the judge would be warranted in allowing the case to go to the jury.” Commonwealth ex rel. Scolio v. Hess, 149 Pa.Super. 371 , 27 A.2d 705 (1942). The Commonwealth’s burden at a preliminary hearing is to establish at least prima facie that a crime has been committed and that the accused is the one who committed it. Commonwealth v. Mullen, 460 Pa. 336 , 333 A.2d 755 (1975). This means that at a preliminary hearing, the Commonwealth must show the presence of every element necessary to constitute each offense charged and the defendant’s complicity in each offense. Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is not required, nor is the criterion to show that proof beyond a reasonable doubt is possible if the matter is returned for trial. However, proof, which would justify a trial judge submitting the case to the jury at the trial of the case, is required. Inferences reasonably drawn from the evidence of record which would support a verdict of guilty are to be given effect, Commonwealth v. Rodgers, 235 Pa.Super. 106 , 340 A.2d 550 (1975), and the evidence must be read in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth’s case. Common wealth v. Zeringo, 214 Pa.Super. 300 , 257 A.2d 692 (1969). Prosecutorial suspicion and conjecture are not evidence and are unacceptable as evidence. Our function is to take the facts proven by the Commonwealth at the preliminary hearing an”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Offense defined. — A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he: (1) attempts to cause serious bodily injury to another, or causes such injury intentionally, knowingly or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life; ****** (4) attempts to cause or intentionally or knowingly causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon----”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““§4107. Deceptive business practices — “(a) Offense defined — A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if, in the course of business, he: “(6) makes a false or misleading written statement for the purpose of obtaining property or credit . . .” (emphasis supplied)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Commonwealth v. Robb
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.