Farris v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
April 2007
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roviaro v. United States · Brody v. Guercio · Hoo v. United States · Commonwealth v. Sawhill · Payne v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“This case once again presents the situation where the Commonwealth objected to instructions requested by the defendant, and the trial court ruled favorably to the Commonwealth. We feel compelled to point out that many reversals such as this case could be avoided if the Commonwealth would be more reasonable in its position on instructions, and if the trial courts would allow more latitude in the giving of instructions requested by defendants.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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