2007 Pa. Super. 276 - Commonwealth v. B.C.’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “All the factors listed in Wexler , and similar additional considerations, should be evaluated in expunction cases which are terminated without conviction for reasons such as nolle prosequi or ARD.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2010 Pa. Super. 207 - Commonwealth v. V.G. · Com. v. VG

2. “we may not merely close our eyes to the whole thrust of the expungement process, i.e., to exculpate an innocent individual from the jaws of unwarranted punishment which manifests itself and flows from the retention of one's arrest record”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Alan Lee Berryman v. State of Indiana

3. “A verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity means that the defendant did commit the act, but because of his mental illness he cannot be legally responsible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Com. v. VG