Cox v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Almendarez-Torres v. United States · Richardson v. United States · Johnson v. Louisiana · Andres v. United States · Commonwealth v. English
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]he standard of review of an evidentiary ruling is abuse of discretion. The test for abuse of discretion is whether the trial judge's decision was arbitrary, unreasonable, unfair, or unsupported by sound legal principles.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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