Commonwealth v. Safka

How courts have described this case

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

• reiterating that admissibility of expert scientific testimony will be reviewed for an abuse of the trial court’s discretion
• discussing the standards for admissibility of expert opinion testimony pursuant to the Frye test
• observing the Frye test is two-part, the first of which is, “the party opposing the evidence must show that the scientific evidence is ‘novel’ by demonstrating that there is a legitimate dispute regarding the reliability of the expert’s conclusions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Cramer, R., III
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-09-06· cited 137×
• Com. v. Bonnett, P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-09-22· cited 124×
• Commonwealth v. Nevels
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-01-18· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Safka
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-07-19· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Powell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-09-25· cited 30×
• Com. v. Schultz, Jr., P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-05-04· cited 13×
• Com. v. Schofield, W.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-03-19· cited 10×
• State v. Byard
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2018-05-01
• State v. Byard
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2018-05-03

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Frye v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
• Grady v. Frito-Lay, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-31· cited 277×
• Commonwealth v. Foley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-15· cited 76×
• Commonwealth v. Harrell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-04-12· cited 70×
• Bachman v. General Motors Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-07-29· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Mathis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-29· cited 35×
• Matos v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-03-30· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Zimmermann
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-10-03· cited 15×
• State v. Shabazz
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2005-11-21· cited 11×