Commonwealth v. Taylor

How courts have described this case

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

• stating an expert “witness need not possess all of the knowledge in a given field” (citation and quotation marks omitted)
• finding reversible error to exclude testimony about validity of field sobriety tests from a scholar who had not given those tests himself
• “Harmless error exists where the appellate court is convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the erroneously admitted evidence could not have contributed to the verdict.”
• an expert witness must only “possess more knowledge than is - 17 - J-S40007-24 otherwise within the ordinary range of training, knowledge, intelligence or experience” to testify

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. May, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-02-15· cited 34×
• Com. v. Murray, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-03-19· cited 23×
• Com. v. Herring, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-03-07· cited 23×
• Com. v. Williams, G.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-03-28· cited 20×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Story
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
• Commonwealth v. Sanchez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-12-17· cited 272×
• Miller v. Brass Rail Tavern, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-24· cited 198×
• Reott v. Asia Trend, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-09-21· cited 72×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-25· cited 64×
• Hyrcza v. West Penn Allegheny Health System, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-07-01· cited 49×
• Smith v. Paoli Memorial Hospital
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-10-18· cited 36×
• Girard Trust Bank v. Remick
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-11-12· cited 19×
• Wright v. Residence Inn by Marriott, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-04-09· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Brennan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-06-12· cited 10×