Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 9/25/2017
Commonwealth v. Powell
Citations
- 171 A.3d 294
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding police officer may testify as an expert based upon knowledge gained from practical and occupational training
- holding a police officer may testify as an expert witness based upon knowledge gained from practical and occupational training
- holding a police officer may testify as an expert witness based upon knowledge gained from practical and occupational training
- holding a police officer may testify as an expert based upon knowledge gained from practical and occupational training
- rejecting claim that Commonwealth, the proponent of expert testimony, had the initial burden and explaining that a defendant opposing such testimony had the burden of showing the testimony was based on novel scientific evidence in order to proceed to a Frye hearing
- upholding admission of expert testimony regarding “coded language associated with street culture.”
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Judges: Bender, Bowes, Shogan
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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Com. v. Cramer, R., IIISuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-09-06· cited 137×
- Com. v. Bonnett, P.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-09-22· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. Pi Delta Psi, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-05-23· cited 113×
- Com. v. Clemat, P.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-09-04· cited 75×
- Com. v. Schofield, W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-03-19· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. Jones Jr., R., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-10-30
- Com. v. Adams, L. Jr.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-01-08
Cites
20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Frye v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
- Scott v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1978-06-26· cited 1,598×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-21· cited 452×
- Commonwealth v. MelvinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-21· cited 419×
- Commonwealth v. TysonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-06-10· cited 303×
- Grady v. Frito-Lay, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-31· cited 277×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-02· cited 219×
- Commonwealth v. TopaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 215×
- Commonwealth v. IvySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-08-19· cited 137×
- Commonwealth v. KinardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-03-04· cited 137×
- Commonwealth v. Poplawski, R., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-29· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. Hicks, C., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-28· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. BullockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. NypaverSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-06-18· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. JaynesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-03-01· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. BrookerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-09-23· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. DotySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-08-16· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. ScottSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-08-19· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. DenglerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-02-20· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. SafkaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-06-25· cited 26×
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