Commonwealth v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 100 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 110 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]here an appellate brief fails to provide any discussion of a claim with citation to relevant authority or fails to develop the issue in any other meaningful fashion capable of review, that claim is waived.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2017 Pa. Super. 261 - Commonwealth v. Yocolano · Commonwealth v. Wilgus

2. “be divided into as many parts as there are questions to be argued; ... followed by such discussion and citation of authorities as are deemed pertinent.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. D. Sobat and E. Sobat v. The Borough of Midland ~ Appeal of: E. Sobat · Commonwealth v. Patterson

3. “In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, we view all evidence admitted at trial in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, as verdict winner, to see whether there is sufficient evidence to enable [the fact finder] to find every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. This standard is equally applicable to cases where the evidence is circumstantial rather than direct so long as the combination of the evidence links the accused to the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Although a conviction must be based on "more than mere suspicion or conjecture, the Commonwealth need not establish guilt to a mathematical certainty." Moreover, when reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, this Court may not substitute its judgment for that of the fact finder; if the record contains support for the convictions, they may not be disturbed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Patterson