Commonwealth v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
43 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably Commonwealth v. O'SEARO (1976), Commonwealth v. Musi (1979)
43 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 Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Washington v. Texas · Pauling v. McElroy · Commonwealth v. Zapata · Commonwealth v. Patrick
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Article I, section 9, of the Pennsylvania Constitution guarantees an accused the right 'to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor....’ A similar provision is contained in the United States Constitution. U.S.Const. Amend. VI. See also Act of May 31, 1718, 1 Sm.L. 105, § 4, 19 P.S. § 783. The right to compulsory process encompasses the right to meet the prosecution’s case with the aid of witnesses, and the right to elicit the aid of the Commonwealth in securing those witnesses at trial, both of which are fundamental to a fair trial. This constitutional right, though fundamental, is not, however, absolute. Evidentiary rules based on legitimate state interests which exclude certain witnesses or certain testimony are not inconsistent nor incompatible with the right to compulsory process. Accordingly, where certain witnesses’ testimony would not be admissible at trial, the Constitution does not require that a defendant be given the right to secure the attendance of witnesses which he has no right to use. Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14 , 87 S.Ct. 1920 , 18 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1967). Our inquiry is thus directed to the question of the admissibility of the testimony which would have been given by the two witnesses whom appellant requested to be subpoenaed.” (Footnote omitted.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“He is guilty in one way and I am not sure in another way”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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