2004 Pa. Super. 295 - Commonwealth v. Baird’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently March 2026
13 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 2001 Pa. Super. 219 - Commonwealth v. MacKert · Joseph v. Allegheny County Airport Authority
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]n cases where Megan's Law is applicable, sentencing must wait until after a determination is made under Megan's Law, i.e., a determination whereby an offender is found to fit the definition of a sexual offender or a sexually violent predator ("SVP"), as such terms are defined in section 9752 of Megan's Law. This is because the trial court must inform an offender or SVP of his reporting obligations under Megan's Law at the time of sentencing and, since such obligations may differ depending on the offender's status under Megan's Law, the, the court must await the outcome of a Megan's Law assessment prior to sentencing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a]t the hearing prior to sentencing, the court shall determine whether the Commonwealth has proven by clear and convincing evidence that the individual is a sexually violent predator.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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