Commonwealth v. Dixon

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that although experts must offer an opinion as to whether an individual is likely to re-offend, “the precise manner of meeting this burden is not analyzed in terms of a strict, three-prong test”
• the Commonwealth’s expert did not review trial transcripts when determining the defendant to be an SVP
• “At the core of the expert’s assessment is a detailed list of factors, which are [mandated] and are designed as, ‘criteria by which . . . [the] likelihood [of reoffense] may be gauged.’”
• rejecting a “strict, three-prong test”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Stradley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-08-13· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Stephens
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-11· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Harris
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-04-22· cited 76×
• Commonwealth v. Fuentes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-03-17· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Morgan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-24· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Geiter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-07-09· cited 31×
• Com. v. Aumick, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-06-12· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Kalwaic
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-12-11
• Commonwealth v. Wolf
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-04-14

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Shugars
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-24· cited 480×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-25· cited 383×
• Commonwealth v. Maldonado
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-18· cited 205×
• Commonwealth v. Hood
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-14· cited 86×
• Commonwealth v. Krouse
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-05-20· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Plucinski
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-28· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Bey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-01-15· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Meals
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-01-26· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Dixon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-07-22· cited 1×