2009 Pa. Super. 45 - Commonwealth v. MacIas’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently October 2025 · most notably Commonwealth v. Lekka (2019), 2011 Pa. Super. 227 - Commonwealth v. Corley (2011)
25 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 Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki · Commonwealth v. Devers · Commonwealth v. Walls · Commonwealth v. Mouzon · 2007 Pa. Super. 230 - Commonwealth v. Robinson
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he court shall follow the general principle that the sentence imposed should call for confinement that is consistent with the protection of the public, the gravity of the offense as it relates to the impact on the life of the victim and on the community, and the rehabilitative needs of the defendant.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) The nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and characteristics of the defendant. (2) The opportunity of the sentencing court to observe the defendant, including any presentence investigation. (3) The findings upon which the sentence was based. (4)The guidelines promulgated by the commission.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A]n allegation that the court considered an impermissible sentencing factor raises a substantial question.”
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.