389 Pa. Super. 473 - Commonwealth v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
October 1995
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · United States v. Wade · Schneble v. Florida · Commonwealth v. Pierce · Commonwealth v. Story
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It would be difficult to conceive of a trial at which the prosecution’s evidence was not prejudicial to the defendant. Commonwealth v. Moore, 389 Pa.Super. 473 , 567 A.2d 701 (1989). “The difficulty arises when the evidence is so prejudicial that it sweeps the [fact finder] beyond a rational consideration of guilt or innocence of the crime on trial.” Commonwealth v. Moore, 389 Pa.Super. at 483, 567 A.2d at 706 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[ e]vidence is relevant if it tends to make more or less probable the existence of some fact material to the case, it tends to establish facts in issue or when it in some degree advances the inquiry and thus has probative value.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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