391 Pa. Super. 292 - Commonwealth v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
1
states following
August 2016
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McKnight v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Gray · Commonwealth v. Jackson · Commonwealth v. Nelson · Commonwealth v. Smith
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The test for the sufficiency of the evidence in a criminal case is whether the evidence is sufficient to prove every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. In making this determination, the reviewing court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth as the verdict winner, and accept as true all evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom upon which, if believed, the fact finder properly could have based its verdict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The purpose of voir dire is to ensure a fair, competent, impartial and unprejudiced jury. However, the scope to be allowed each party in exploring the possible bias which may ' bear on the impartiality of jurors is a matter which rests in the sound discretion of the trial court. Absent palpable error, a trial court’s decision in this regard will not be disturbed.”
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.