Commonwealth v. Glass’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
87 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 89 later decisions — most recently October 2019 · most notably Commonwealth v. Chester (1991), Irick v. United States (1989)
87 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 Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Hubbard · United States v. Peltier · Commonwealth v. Clair · Commonwealth v. Blair
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 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[f]alse exculpatory [statements] made to law enforcement officers constitute independent circumstantial evidence of guilty consciousness.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Irick v. United States · In Re RG“It is settled law in this Commonwealth that a false denial of guilt by an accused is admissible as substantive evidence of his consciousness of guilt. Commonwealth v. Cristina, 481 Pa. 44, 54 , 391 A.2d 1307, 1311-12 (1978); Commonwealth v. Bolish, 381 Pa. 500, 524 , 113 A.2d 464, 476 (1955); Commonwealth v. Lowry, 374 Pa. 594, 601 , 98 A.2d 733, 736 (1953); Commonwealth v. Homeyer, 373 Pa. 150, 158-59 , 94 A.2d 743, 746 (1953); Commonwealth v. Spardute, 278 Pa. 37, 43 , 122 A. 161 (1923). We have held: ... false or contradictory statements by the accused are admissible since the jury may infer therefrom that they were made with an intent to divert suspicion or to mislead the police or other authorities, or to establish an alibi or innocence, and hence are indicatory of guilt. Commonwealth v. Bolish, supra [381 Pa.] at 524, 113”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“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 factfinder could properly have based its verdict, it is sufficient in law to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty of the crime or crimes of which he has been convicted. Commonwealth v. Glass, 486 Pa. 334 , 405 A.2d 1236 (1979); Commonwealth v. Hamm, 474 Pa. 487, 494 , 378 A.2d 1219, 1222 (1977). See also, Commonwealth v. Thomas, 465 Pa. 442 , 350 A.2d 847 (1976); Commonwealth v. Johnson, 458 Pa. 23 , 326 A.2d 315 (1974).”
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.