397 Pa. Super. 551 - Commonwealth v. Eddowes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 state decisions

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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Nevertheless, these cases do not expressly preclude us from addressing a weight of the evidence claim. Furthermore, neither of these cases involved a direct challenge to the weight of the evidence; therefore, this pronouncement is dictum rather than binding authority. This Court has traditionally reviewed weight of the evidence claims; accordingly, we will continue to address the merits of such claims until directed to the contrary by our Supreme Court. Commonwealth v. Jenkins, 396 Pa.Super. 395 , 578 A.2d 960 (1990)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 408 Pa. Super. 435 - Commonwealth v. Murray

2. ““(1) Anything specially made or specially adapted for criminal use; or (2) anything commonly used for criminal purposes and possessed by the actor under circumstances not manifestly appropriate for lawful uses it may have.” 18 Pa.C.S. §907.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Ngow

3. “It is a rule of this Commonwealth that an appellate tribunal should not entertain a challenge to the weight of the evidence since their examination is confined to the “cold record.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 408 Pa. Super. 435 - Commonwealth v. Murray