Onwan v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
September 1991
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Frye v. United States · Barrett v. United States · Commonwealth, Dept. of Highways v. Widner · Miller v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“sufficiently established to have gained general acceptance in the particular field in which it belongs.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“little more than a magnifying glass with a fancy name”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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