Commonwealth v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 state decisions

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “any beer, lager beer, ale, porter or similar fermented malt beverage containing 0.50% or more of alcohol by volume, by whatever name such beverage may be called.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 446 Pa. Super. 395 - Commonwealth v. Harvey · 1999 Pa. Super. 121 - Commonwealth v. Breslin

2. “There was no actual observation of the [minor] drinking, possessing, or transporting any alcoholic beverage. The record contains no evidence that [the minor] behaved in a way that exhibited any degree of intoxication. Nor does the record contain any evidence establishing the alcohol content of any beverage that [the minor] might have consumed. Further, there is a reasonable possibility that consumption of a nonalcoholic or very low-alcohol malt or brewed beverage accounted for the odor on [the minorjs breath.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 446 Pa. Super. 395 - Commonwealth v. Harvey

3. “whether, viewing all the evidence admitted at trial, together with all reasonable inferences therefrom, in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the trier of fact could have found that each element of the [offense] charged was supported by evidence and inferences sufficient in law to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Morgera