2007 Pa. Super. 232 - Commonwealth v. Conte’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “By pulling over to the side of the road at 3:00 in the morning on a rural road, after driving slowly with his hazard lights on, Appellant should have had reason to expect that a police officer would pull over and attempt to render aid ... Appellant is exactly the sort of person whom [an officer] has a duty to assist. The fact that [the officer] activated his lights in the course of doing so does not turn the interaction into an investigative detention. Rather, it remained a mere encounter for which no suspicion of illegal activity was required.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2007 Pa. Super. 407 - Commonwealth v. Fuller · 2009 Pa. Super. 100 - Commonwealth v. Kendall

2. “Indeed, our expectation as a society is that a police officer’s duty to serve and protect the community he or she patrols extends beyond enforcement of the Crimes Code or Motor Vehicle Code and includes helping citizens.... Given this expectation, a citizen whose vehicle sits apparently disabled along a highway would justifiably experience disbelief or even outrage if a law enforcement officer not otherwise engaged in official response drove by without pulling over and offering assistance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2008 Pa. Super. 124 - Commonwealth v. Collins