Commonwealth v. Brown

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that Pennsylvania “precedent requires that an expert opinion be offered to prove the cause of death”
• holding medical examiner’s independent conclusions regarding the cause of death were admissible
• holding medical examiner’s independent conclusions regarding the cause of death were admissible
• holding medical examiner’s independent conclusions regarding the cause ofydeath were admissible
• reiterating, that an expert’s independent conclusions based upon inadmissible evidence are admissible
• after finding Confrontation Clause violation, this Court examines whether error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-01· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Akrie
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-04-17· cited 55×
• Travaris Richard Christian v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2016-11-10· cited 13×
• Com. v. Williams, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-01-26· cited 6×
• Tony Terrell Clark v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2022-05-12

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• Pointer v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-05· cited 4,761×
• Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 2009-06-25· cited 2,882×
• Michigan v. Bryant
  Supreme Court· 2011-02-28· cited 1,277×
• Bullcoming v. New Mexico
  Supreme Court· 2011-06-23· cited 1,225×
• Williams v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-18· cited 994×
• Davis v. Ayala
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-18· cited 836×
• Commonwealth v. Ali
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-12-29· cited 675×
• State v. Maxwell
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2014-03-20· cited 335×
• Smith v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2013-01-09· cited 276×
• People v. Dungo
  California Supreme Court· 2012-10-15· cited 216×
• United States v. Moore
  D.C. Circuit· 2011-07-29· cited 183×
• United States v. James and Mallay
  Second Circuit· 2013-03-28· cited 147×
• People v. Leach
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2012-11-29· cited 124×
• Commonwealth v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-10-12· cited 121×
• Commonwealth v. Yohe
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 118×
• Commonwealth v. Rosser
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-02-26· cited 108×
• Wood v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-11-02· cited 101×
• Cuesta-Rodriguez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2010-10-12· cited 101×
• Commonwealth v. Daniels
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-27· cited 97×