2008 Pa. Super. 272 - Commonwealth v. Teeter’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The court considers the totality of the circumstances to determine if an encounter is investigatory or custodial, but the following factors are specifically considered: the basis for the detention; the duration; the location; whether the suspect was transported against his will, how far, and why; whether restraints were used; the show, threat or use of force; and the methods of investigation used to confirm or dispel suspicions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 2011 Pa. Super. 229 - Commonwealth v. Goldsborough

2. “We are to give words in a statute their plain and ordinary meaning, and construe them according to their common and accepted usage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Clegg