2008 Pa. Super. 177 - Commonwealth v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 2015
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Vasquez · 2001 Pa. Super. 122 - Commonwealth v. Drummond · Commonwealth v. Campbell · 2006 Pa. Super. 211 - Commonwealth v. Bongiorno · People v. Williams
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he General Assembly’s goal and purpose [in enacting Section 6317] was to protect the children of our communities from the ravages and evils of the illegal drug trade that pervades our country. Through the enactment of [S]ection 6317, it attempted to fortify the barrier that segregates the places where our children frequent from the illegal drug scene. A strict reading of the statute exemplifies the General Assembly’s intent....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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