Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/6/1985
Commonwealth v. Baldwin
Citations
- 502 A.2d 253
- 348 Pa. Super. 368
- 1985 Pa. Super. LEXIS 10345
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- observing that “child sexual abuse victims often … are reluctant witnesses, sometimes refusing to testify or recanting prior allegations out of fear or coercion.”
- admitting expert testimony of social worker on dynamics of intra-family sexual abuse and victim behavioral patterns
- admitting expert testimony of social worker on dynamics of intra-family sexual abuse and victim behavioral patterns
- expert testimony that goes to the general behavioral characteristics of the victims of sexual abuse held to be admissible
- expert testimony that goes to the general behavioral characteristics of the victims of sexual abuse held to be admissible
- expert testimony concerning the dynamics of intra-family sexual abuse and the psychological forces which cause the victim to keep the incest a secret for a long time held admissible
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Judges: Beck, Popovich, Trommer
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32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Duckett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-10-10· cited 294×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-20· cited 191×
- Commonwealth v. DunkleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-22· cited 162×
- State v. MilbradtOregon Supreme Court· 1988-05-17· cited 149×
- People v. HamptonSupreme Court of Colorado· 1987-11-30· cited 97×
- Wheat v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware· 1987-06-11· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. GallagherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-31· cited 80×
- State v. OliverArizona Supreme Court· 1988-08-04· cited 79×
- State v. CastroHawaii Supreme Court· 1988-05-20· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. BalodisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-02-24· cited 60×
- State v. HicksSupreme Court of Vermont· 1987-08-14· cited 42×
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Vermont· 1989-09-08· cited 40×
- Davenport v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1991-02-13· cited 39×
- State v. GokeySupreme Court of Vermont· 1990-03-16· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. PurcellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-21· cited 34×
- Sanderson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 2009-10-01· cited 33×
- State v. ValleySupreme Court of Vermont· 1989-12-29· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. ThekSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-14· cited 32×
- Mitchell v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 1989-10-19· cited 30×
- People v. NelsonAppellate Court of Illinois· 1990-10-03· cited 30×
Cites
25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- State v. KellySupreme Court of New Jersey· 1984-07-24· cited 515×
- State v. MiddletonOregon Supreme Court· 1983-01-18· cited 320×
- People v. BledsoeCalifornia Supreme Court· 1984-06-14· cited 291×
- Commonwealth v. O'SEAROSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 219×
- State v. SaldanaSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-08-31· cited 204×
- State v. HaseltineCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1984-06-19· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. ClemmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-28· cited 135×
- State v. MarksSupreme Court of Kansas· 1982-07-16· cited 117×
- State v. KimHawaii Supreme Court· 1982-05-27· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-11· cited 102×
- People v. RoscoeCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1985-06-04· cited 73×
- People v. DunnahooCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1984-02-29· cited 65×
- State v. StaplesSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1980-05-05· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. ShainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-01-20· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. MehmetiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-08· cited 39×
- State v. ConlogueSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-04-03· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. BroadwaterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-15· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. CottmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-11· cited 22×
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