2003 Pa. Super. 465 - Commonwealth v. Randal’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently August 2025 · most notably 2005 Pa. Super. 105 - Commonwealth v. Williams (2005), 2005 Pa. Super. 219 - Commonwealth v. Berry (2005)
26 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Grant · Commonwealth v. Reed · Commonwealth v. Mockaitis · Commonwealth v. Archer · 2003 Pa. Super. 167 - Commonwealth v. Salisbury
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Here, severing those portions of Act 63 which effectuate the delegation to the sentencing court of the license restoration-related executive responsibilities of ordering installation of the devices and certifying that they have been installed does not render the remainder of the statute incapable of execution in accordance with legislative intent. Our separation of powers holding can be effected by severing three provisions of Act 63: subsection 7002(b), which delegates to the court the inter-related tasks of ordering a serial DUI offender to install the devices, apprising the Depart ment of that order, verifying compliance, and certifying compliance to the Department; subsection 7003(1), which provides that, when a recidivist DUI offender seeks restoration of driving privileges, “the court shall certify to the department that each motor vehicle owned by the person has been equipped with an approved ignition interlock system;” and the last clause of subsection 7003(5), which refers back to subsection 7003(1) (ie., “after otherwise being eligible for restoration under paragraph (1)”). With these provisions severed, the legislation still requires recidivist DUI offenders seeking restoration of driving privileges to apply to the Department for an ignition interlock restricted license. 42 Pa.C.S. § 7003(2). The Act also precludes the offender in possession of such a restricted license from operating any motor vehicle on a highway in the Commonwealth unless that vehicle is equippe”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Our Court’s “authority to review a sentence is governed by 42 Pa.C.S. § 9781.” Commonwealth v. Archer, 722 A.2d 203, 209 (Pa.Super.1998)(en banc). “If no statutory authorization exists for a particular sentence, that sentence is illegal and subject to correction.” Commonwealth v. Alexander, 811 A.2d 1064, 1065 (Pa.Super.2002), appeal denied, 573 Pa. 676 , 822 A.2d 703 (2003).”
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.