2012 Pa. Super. 16 - Commonwealth v. Steffy’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 2025
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Scott v. Commonwealth · 2011 Pa. Super. 18 - Commonwealth v. Sarapa · 400 Pa. Super. 280 - Commonwealth v. Janis · 1999 Pa. Super. 209 - Commonwealth v. Sparks
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.
“§ 5126. Flight to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment, (a) Offense defined. — A person who willfully conceals himself or moves or travels within or outside this Commonwealth with the intent to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment commits a felony of the third degree when the crime which he has been charged with or has been convicted of is a felony and commits a misdemean- or of the second degree when the crime which he has been charged with or has befen convicted of is a misdemeanor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Our task in construing a statute is to ascertain and effectuate the intention of the General Assembly. Every statute shall be construed, if possible, to give effect to all its provisions. When the words of a statute are clear and free from all ambiguity, the letter of it is not to be disregarded under the pretext of pursuing its spirit.”
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.