2009 Pa. Super. 96 - Commonwealth v. Ventura’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 28 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “had sufficient mental capacity at the time he gave the statement to know what he was saying and to have voluntarily intended to say it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Clemons, J., Aplt. · Commonwealth v. Rivera

2. “[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....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2010 Pa. Super. 23 - Commonwealth v. Downing

3. “Our Supreme Court has determined that where the trial court is informed by a [PSI], it is presumed that the court is aware of all appropriate sentencing factors and considerations, and that where the court has been so informed, its discretion should not be disturbed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Edwards