335 Pa. Super. 332 - Commonwealth v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently September 2021 · most notably Commonwealth v. Weiskerger (1989), 396 Pa. Super. 276 - Commonwealth v. Wright (1990)
30 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 United States v. Russell · Sorrells v. United States · Sherman v. United States · 242 Pa. Super. 303 - Commonwealth v. Jones · State v. Mullen
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) makfes] knowingly false representations designed to induce the belief that such conduct is not prohibited; or, (2) employ[s] methods of persuasion or inducement which create a substantial risk that such offense will be committed”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he determination of whether police conduct constitutes entrapment is for the jury, unless the evidence of police conduct clearly establishes entrapment as a matter of law.... Thus, after the defense of entrapment has been properly raised, the trial court should determine the question as a matter of law wherever there is no dispute as to the operative facts relating to the defense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he use of a young, blond female to coax a middle aged male after months of kissing and socializing, into committing a minor crime is not police conduct which presents the ‘mere opportunity’ to commit a crime. As this case clearly shows, opportunity and inducement are two separate consequences of police activity. The latter occurred here.”
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.