Commonwealth v. Green

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that violations of the best evidence rule are subject to harmless error
• finding de minimis prejudice from evidence based on an acquittal of charges supported by that evidence
• finding error harmless; “The jury's verdict makes clear the admission of the challenged testimony did not control the verdict.”
• noting the error was de minimis “by comparison to the properly admitted and uncontradicted evidence of [Green]’s guilt”
• “the rule applies if the writing, recording, or photograph is necessary to prove the elements of a case.”
• upon satisfactory showing that proponent did not lose or destroy original, production of original excused and secondary evidence admissible

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Talley, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-07-17· cited 54×
• Com. v. Goodco Mechanical, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-02-28· cited 20×
• Com. v. Lu, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-11-13· cited 1×
• Com. v. Fischer, N.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-12-31· cited 1×
• Com. v. Akhmedov, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-07-29

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-04-25· cited 502×
• Commonwealth v. Hansley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-06-22· cited 477×
• Commonwealth v. Koch
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-09-16· cited 369×
• Commonwealth v. Drumheller
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-09-20· cited 254×
• Commonwealth v. Stallworth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-10-04· cited 157×
• Commonwealth v. Dent
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-25· cited 149×
• Commonwealth v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-30· cited 138×
• Commonwealth v. Reese
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-04· cited 138×
• Commonwealth v. Passmore
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-30· cited 105×
• Commonwealth v. Lewis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-16· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. West
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-10· cited 44×
• Hera v. McCormick
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-05-21· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Fisher
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-12-08· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Loughnane
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-23· cited 33×
• Com. v. Passmore
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-02-10· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Townsend
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-02-08· cited 15×
• Noble C. Quandel Co. v. Slough Flooring, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-02· cited 14×
• Hamill-Quinlan, Inc. v. Fisher
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-22· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Morrissey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-18· cited 11×
• Anderson v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-12-07· cited 5×