Violett v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on West v. Commonwealth · Anastasi v. Commonwealth · Wilson v. Commonwealth · Spencer v. Commonwealth · Schambon v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“there is no direct connection between the evidence of prior sexual activity that directly challenged medical testimony introduced at trial. In that respect, it is clearly distinguishable from Barnett ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A significant factor in determining whether joinder of offenses for trial is unduly prejudicial is whether evidence of one of the offenses would be admissible in a separate trial for the other offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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