Commonwealth v. Hilton’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
38
cited by 38 later decisions
1
states following
August 1986
most recently cited
38 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Petrakovich · Commonwealth v. Powell · Commonwealth v. Scaramuzzino · Commonwealth v. Peyton · Commonwealth v. Biebighauser
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hether or not such a photograph is admissible depends. . . on a two-stepped analysis. First, the trial court must decide whether the photograph possesses inflammatory characteristics. If the Court finds that it does not, the picture is admissible as is any evidentiary item, subject, of course, to the qualification of relevance. If, but only if, the photograph is deemed to be inflammatory, the Court must then apply the balancing test . . . i.e., is the photograph of `such essential evidentiary value that [its] need clearly outweighs the likelihood of inflaming the minds and passions of the jurors. '”
2 later decisions 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.