Commonwealth v. Parker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A court may consider the issue of jurisdiction sua sponte .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of: S.U., a Minor · Commonwealth v. Pi Delta Psi, Inc.

2. “The general rule in criminal cases is that a defendant may appeal only from a final judgment of sentence, and an appeal from any prior order or judgment will be quashed”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Culsoir