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← 189 A.3d 994 - Commonwealth v. Golson

Commonwealth v. Golson’s Empirical Analysis

2018

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 2021
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Almendarez-Torres v. United States · Alleyne v. United States · Alleyne v. United States · Millili v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “trial courts to apply only the applicable tier-based registration period, as those periods apply based on the conviction itself, and not due to any additional fact not found, under SORNA's procedures, by the fact-finder”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “SORNA was enacted on December 20, 2011, and became effective on December 20, 2012. SORNA recently was amended on February 21, 2018, by H.B. 631, 202 Gen. Assem., Reg. Sess. (Pa. 2018), Act 10 of 2018.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.