Commonwealth v. Leneski’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. “"Here, the CD was properly authenticated by [the store owner], who viewed the images on the computer and `burned' the CD copy; he testified as to the procedure he used in the surveillance process, the copying process, and to the contents of the CD. This testimony was sufficient to authenticate the CD, and to render it admissible as evidence. Any concerns that the defendant had regarding the surveillance procedures, and the method of storing and reproducing the video material, `were properly the subject of cross-examination and affected the weight, not the admissibility, of the' CD."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Washington v. State · Washington v. State

2. “the writing or recording itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it. An `original' of a photograph includes the negative or any print therefrom. If data are stored in a computer or similar device, any printout or other output readable by sight, shown to reflect the data accurately, is an `original.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 353 Ill. Dec. 569 - People v. Taylor