Leach v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Under the Majority’s analysis, it is unclear how our legislature can amend the Crimes Code to comport with both the single-subject and original purpose rules: just amending one crime at a time; just amending the same type of crimes (e.g., property offenses, offenses against the person, etc.); just amending the penalties and/or the elements of all crimes; just creating new crimes; just amending collateral measures for certain and/or all kinds of crimes; or some combination of the above? Obviously, the legislature needs a degree of flexibility to amend the Crimes Code in an efficient and effective manner....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Leach, D. v. Turzai, M.

2. “embracing in one bill several distinct matters, none of which could singly obtain the assent of the legislature, and procuring its passage by combining the minorities who favored the individual matters to form a majority that would adopt them all.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Phantom Fireworks Showrooms, LLC v. Tom Wolf, Governor of the Comwlth of PA

3. “AN ACT Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for Pennsylvania State Police and for limitation on the regulation of firearms and ammunition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leach, D. v. Turzai, M.