2000 Pa. Super. 270 - Commonwealth v. Adams’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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

1. “Sentencing is a matter vested in the sound discretion of the sentencing court whose judgment will not be disturbed on appeal absent an abuse of discretion. It is well settled that an appellant does not have an appeal as of right from the discretionary aspects of his sentence. Before a challenge to the judgment of sentence will be heard on the merits, an appellant must demonstrate there is a substantial question that the sentence imposed is inappropriate under the sentencing guidelines. To satisfy this requirement, an appellant must set forth in his brief a concise statement of reasons relied upon for allowance of appeal with respect to the discretionary aspects of a sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2001 Pa. Super. 36 - Commonwealth v. Harclerode

2. “[h]ere the record is devoid of outrageous behavior or extraordinary misconduct on the part of the police or the Cl. The Cl initiated three controlled buys targeting either [the defendant] or [the co-conspirator]. The ease and promptness with which [the defendant] facilitated the transactions contradicts his argument he was entrapped.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2011 Pa. Super. 60 - Commonwealth v. Kittrell