434 Pa. Super. 148 - Commonwealth v. Fowler’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
May 2004
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Pursell · Commonwealth v. Miller · Commonwealth v. Hill · Commonwealth v. Scott
Most-quoted passages
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“In Pennsylvania, a witness’s truthfulness may be attacked by showing that he or she has a bad reputation for truth and veracity. If a witness is impeached by proof of bad reputation for truth and veracity, evidence may then be admitted to prove good reputation for truth and veracity. Evidence in support of the general reputation of a witness for truth and veracity, however, is not competent until his or her general reputation has been assailed. Every witness puts his or her character in issue; but until evidence tending directly to impeach it is produced, the law presumes it to be good, and therefore testimony to prove it good is superfluous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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