2011 Pa. Super. 8 - Commonwealth v. Hemingway’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[[Image here]] (B) Defendant in a Criminal Case: [[Image here]] (2) When a witness in a criminal case has previously testified before an investigating grand jury concerning the subject matter of the charges against the defendant, upon application of such defendant the court shall order that the defendant be furnished with a copy of the transcript of such testimony; however, such testimony may be made available only after the direct testimony of that witness at trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Maldonodo

2. “This does not mean that a trial court cannot preclude evidence or testimony when a binding agreement is reached between the parties, the parties have actual knowledge of the sanction that is to be employed for failing to abide by the terms of the agreement, and one or more of the parties abjectly refuse to comply. However, the record does not support such a finding in the instant case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Maldonodo

3. “Whether a court has subject matter jurisdiction is a question of law.... It is not waivable, even by consent, and may be raised by any party or by the court, sua sponte , at any stage of the proceeding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Beatty