2002 Pa. Super. 277 - Commonwealth v. Lightcap’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Anthony · 280 Pa. Super. 134 - Commonwealth v. Landi · 427 Pa. Super. 629 - In the Interest of D.W. · 2001 Pa. Super. 191 - Commonwealth v. Deaner · Commonwealth v. Lanehart
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.
“[A] petitioner must make a prima facie claim for modification of sentence or transfer. To make a prima facie claim, a petitioner] must allege that his current facility lacks the resources to treat him or that his illness compromises the collective health of the institution holding him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“progressed to such a point where it has become a life-threatening situation and the only available treatment is a liver transplant” and a liver transplant is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.