2006 Pa. Super. 17 - Commonwealth v. Fullin’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently March 2024 · most notably 2007 Pa. Super. 230 - Commonwealth v. Robinson (2007), 2006 Pa. Super. 62 - Commonwealth v. Shugars (2006)
36 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 1999 Pa. Super. 2 - Commonwealth v. Rodda · 2004 Pa. Super. 79 - Commonwealth v. Walls · 2005 Pa. Super. 199 - Commonwealth v. Hyland · Graziani v. Randolph · Com. v. Jones
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Sentencing is a matter vested in the sound discretion of the sentencing judge, and a sentence will not be disturbed on appeal absent a manifest abuse of discretion. In this context, an abuse of discretion is not shown merely by an error in judgment. Rather, the appellant must establish, by reference to the record, that the sentencing court ignored or misapplied the law, exercised its judgment for reasons of partiality, prejudice, bias or ill will, or arrived at a manifestly unreasonable decision.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage“§ 9762. Sentencing proceeding; place of confinement All persons sentenced to total or partial confinement for: (1) maximum terms of five or more years shall be committed to the Bureau of Correction for confinement; (2) maximum terms of two years or more but less than five years may be committed to the Bureau of Corrections for conñnement or may be committed to a county prison within the jurisdiction of the court; (3) maximum terms of less than two years shall be committed to a county prison within the jurisdiction of the court except that as facilities become available on dates and in areas designated by the Governor in proclamations declaring the availability of State correctional facilities, such persons may be committed to the Bureau of Correction for confinement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) The nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and characteristics of the defendant. (2) The opportunity of the sentencing court to observe the defendant, including any presentence investigation. (3) The findings upon which the sentence was based. (4) The guidelines promulgated by the commission.”
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.