413 Pa. Super. 95 - Commonwealth v. Kennedy’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
61 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently May 2023 · most notably 413 Pa. Super. 538 - Commonwealth v. Eck (1992), 437 Pa. Super. 471 - Commonwealth v. Davis (1994)
61 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 Roviaro v. United States · Washington v. Texas · Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · Karis v. Karis
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is precisely because crimes of this nature are particularly heinous and violent, and because we mete out such severe punishment to those convicted of these crimes, that we must be even more vigilant in preserving the rights of the accused. Passion too easily allows us pause in our observance of the rights of the accused. "The requirement of 'due process' is not a fair weather or timid assurance. It must be respected in periods of calm and in times of trouble[.J' Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath, 341 U.S. 123, 162 , 71 S.Ct. 624, 643 , 95 L.Ed. 817 (1951) (Frankfurter, J., concurring). The concept of procedural due process, though enduring and adaptable to changes in jurisprudential values, cannot be altered to accommodate the crime victim or to prevent the disintegration of the counseling relationship. The ease of accusation and the difficulty of defense in sexual abuse cases heightens our responsibility to abide by this concept and afford the accused fundamental fairness in the context of his defense against criminal charges.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“As we noted above, the purpose of the psychologist-client privilege is to aid in the effective treatment of the client by encouraging the patient to disclose information fully and freely without fear of public disclosure. We deem this purpose and the underlying considerations to be of paramount concern. Subjecting the confidential file to in camera review by the trial court (as well as the appellate courts and staff members) would jeopardize the treatment process and undermine the public interests supporting the privilege. Simply stated, an absolute privilege of this type and in these circumstances requires absolute confidentiality.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““(b) Release of information to subject of report. — At any time and upon written request, a subject of a report may receive a copy of all information, except that prohibited from being disclosed by subsection (c), contained in the Statewide central register or in any report filed pursuant to section 6313 (relating to reporting procedure).” 23 Pa.C.S. §6340(b).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.