Commonwealth v. Ford’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
April 1988
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Commonwealth v. Blair · State v. Hankerson · Commonwealth v. Agie
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The test of sufficiency [of the evidence] is whether, accepting as true all the evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom, upon which if believed the fact finder could have based its verdict, it is sufficient in law to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty of the crime charged." Commonwealth v. Ford, 472 Pa. 542, 544 , 372 A.2d 821, 822 (1977).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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