2005 Pa. Super. 432 - Commonwealth v. Bonds’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently April 2024
8 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 Futuresource, LLC v. Reuters Ltd. · Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal · Winklespecht v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole · Commonwealth v. Goggins · Commonwealth v. Gambal
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n appellant who challenges the discretionary aspects of a sentence in a criminal matter shall set forth in his brief a concise statement of the reasons relied upon for allowance of appeal with respect to the discretionary aspects of a sentence. Pa.R.A.P. 2119(f). Such a statement must raise a substantial question, which we have described as a plausible argument that the sentence is contrary to a specific provision of the Sentencing Code or to the fundamental norms underlying the sentencing process. Should a defendant fail to comply with these procedures, this Court is empowered to dismiss his appeal. See Commonwealth v. Penrod, 396 Pa.Super. 221 , 578 A.2d 486, 490 (1990).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(f) Discretionary aspects of sentence. An appellant who challenges the discretionary aspects of a sentence in a criminal matter shall set forth in a separate section of the brief a concise statement of the reasons relied upon for allowance of appeal with respect to the discretionary aspects of a sentence . The statement shall immediately precede the argument on the merits with respect to the discretionary aspects of the sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Our standard of review of a trial court’s determination not to recuse from hearing a case is exceptionally deferential. We recognize that our trial judges are “honorable, fair and competent,” and although we employ an abuse of discretion standard, we do so recognizing that the judge himself is best qualified to gauge his ability to preside impartially.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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