430 Pa. Super. 270 - Commonwealth v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1995
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Klusman v. Bucks County Court of Common Pleas · Johnson v. COM., PA. BD. OF PROB. & PAR. · Commonwealth v. Durst · Commonwealth v. Travaglia · Commonwealth v. Griscavage
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘we consider all the factors and their total effect, and do not concentrate on each individual element____ We also focus on the circumstances as seen through the eyes of the trained officer, and do not view the situation as an average citizen might____ Finally, we must remember that in dealing with questions of probable cause, we are not dealing with certainties. We are dealing with the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men act. This is not the same ‘beyond-a-reasonable-doubt’ standard which we apply in determining guilt or innocence at trial. Commonwealth v. Devlin, 221 Pa.Super. 175 , 289 A.2d 237 (1972).’”
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.