2003 Pa. Super. 240 - Commonwealth v. Shearer’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
November 2006
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Bosurgi · Commonwealth v. Dugger · Ben v. Schwartz · Commonwealth v. Lively · Commonwealth v. Bracalielly
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In a criminal case, under circumstances provided by law, the Commonwealth may take an appeal as of right from an order that does not end the entire case where the Commonwealth certifies in the notice of appeal that the order will terminate or substantially handicap the prosecution.”
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.