2000 Pa. Super. 62 - Commonwealth v. Steadley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We are constrained by Lord and its progeny to find that appellant has waived the claim presently before this court because she neglected to file a Rule 1925(b) statement. If we allow review of cases where a trial judge determined which issues an appellant could raise and how to frame those issues, that appellant would potentially lose a variety of protected constitutional rights. This procedure that appellant urges upon this court would undermine the appellate process in that it severely limits the types and nuances of arguments that appellant may raise on appeal. Therefore, such a procedure prevents the meaningful appellate review sought in Lord. ” Steadley, 748 A.2d at 709 .”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Gonzalez · 2002 Pa. Super. 285 - Humes v. Eckerd Corp.

2. ““[F]rom this date [October 28,1998] forward, in order to preserve their claims for appellate review, appellants must comply whenever the trial court orders them to file a statement of matters complained of on appeal pursuant to Rule 1925. Any issues not raised in a 1925(b) statement will be deemed waived.” 553 Pa. at 420 , 719 A.2d at 309 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Gonzalez · 2001 Pa. Super. 97 - Baysmore v. Brownstein

3. “as a waiver of all objections to the order, ruling, or other matter complained of.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. In re C.R.J. · 2002 Pa. Super. 200 - In Re CRJ