Commonwealth v. Bethea’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 16901 (Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006)
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Alleyne v. United States · Alleyne v. United States · Commonwealth v. Williams · Commonwealth v. Williams
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In evaluating Rule 600 issues, our standard of review of a trial court's decision is whether the trial court abused its discretion. Judicial discretion requires action in conformity with law, upon facts and circumstances judicially before the court, after hearing and due consideration. An abuse of discretion is not merely an error of judgment, but if in reaching a conclusion the law is overridden or misapplied or the judgment exercised is manifestly unreasonable, or the result of partiality, prejudice, bias, or ill will, as shown by the evidence or the record, discretion is abused.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“So long as there has been no misconduct on the part of the Commonwealth in an effort to evade the fundamental speedy trial rights of an accused, Rule 600 must be construed in a matter consistent with society's right to punish and deter crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“is not permitted to ignore the dual purpose behind Rule 600... (1) the protection of the accused's speedy trial rights, and (2) the protection of society.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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