Commonwealth v. Lewis

How courts have described this case

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

• holding best evidence rule precluded officer’s “secondary” evidence that video recording showed defendant’s companion taking item from store shelf and explanation for unavailability of tape was unsatisfactory
• rejecting application of hearsay rule to testimony in retail theft case regarding conduct of appellant as recorded on surveillance videotape because appellant’s conduct was not intended to convey message
• involving testimony regarding contents of a missing videotape from a store security camera
• involving testimony regarding contents of a missing videotape from a store security camera
• best evidence rule applies to videotape to prevent mistransmission of facts that could mislead jury
• best evidence rule barred police officer from testifying about the contents of a videotape; police officer did not witness the alleged act of retail theft that was supposedly recorded on the videotape

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Dent
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-25· cited 149×
• Commonwealth v. Janda
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-02-10· cited 120×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-23· cited 57×
• Com. v. Talley, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-07-17· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Green
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-09· cited 52×
• Yost v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-05-25· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Loughnane
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-23· cited 33×
• People v. Tharpe-Williams
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-02-19· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Townsend
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-02-08· cited 15×
• Ostalaza v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-06-26· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Steward
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-11-06· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Lawson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-08· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Ballard
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-08· cited 4×
• People v. Taylor
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-06-22· cited 2×
• Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Gardner
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2015-03-26

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Norris
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-01· cited 126×
• Commonwealth v. Edwards
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 98×
• Kemp v. Qualls
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-24· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Farrar
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-26· cited 35×
• Warren v. Mosites Construction Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-13· cited 33×
• Reichman v. Wallach
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-29· cited 33×
• Durkin v. Equine Clinics, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-29· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Schauffler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-01-19· cited 15×
• Hamill-Quinlan, Inc. v. Fisher
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-22· cited 11×
• Ledford v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-09-22· cited 11×
• Anderson v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-12-07· cited 5×