2006 Pa. Super. 357 - Commonwealth v. Poncala’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently November 2020
12 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 Styer v. Hugo · Millili v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing · Commonwealth v. Lord · Mistick, Inc. v. Northwestern National Casualty Co. · 444 Pa. Super. 206 - Commonwealth v. Lopez
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The principal objective of statutory interpretation and construction is to ascertain and effectuate the intention of the legislature. When possible, every statute should be construed to give effect to all its provisions. Courts must read and evaluate each section of a statute in the context of, and with reference to, the other sections of the statute, because there is a presumption that the legislature intended the entire statute to be operative and effective. The plain language of a statute is the best indication of legislative intent. The basic tenet of statutory construction requires a court to construe words of the statute according to their plain meaning. When the words of a statute are clear and free from all ambiguity, the letter of it is not to be disregarded under the pretext of pursuing its spirit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Whenever a general provision in a statute shall be in conflict with a special provision in the same or another statute, the two shall be construed, if possible, so that effect may be given to both . If the conflict between the two provisions is irreconcilable, the special provisions shall prevail and shall be construed as an exception to the general provision , unless the general provision shall be enacted later and it shall be the manifest intention of the General Assembly that such general provision shall prevail.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“§ 3802. Driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance (a) General impairment.— (1) An individual may not drive, operate or be in actual physical control of the movement of a vehicle after imbibing a sufficient amount of alcohol such that the individual is rendered incapable of safely driving, operating or being in actual physical control of the movement of the vehicle.”
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.