2012 Pa. Super. 26 - Commonwealth v. Stein’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 2013
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Commonwealth v. Freeman · Commonwealth v. Briggs · Commonwealth v. Miller · Commonwealth v. Piper
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) Mandatory sentence. — Any person who is convicted of [PWID], when at the time of the offense the person or the person’s accomplice is in physical pos session or control of a firearm, whether visible, concealed about the person or the person’s accomplice or within the actor’s or accomplice’s reach or in close proximity to the controlled substance, shall likewise be sentenced to a minimum sentence of at least five years of total confinement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) the appellant preserved the issue either by raising it at the time of sentencing or in a postsentence motion; (2) the appellant filed a timely notice of appeal; (3) the appellant set forth a concise statement of reasons relied upon for the allowance of his appeal pursuant to Pa. R.A.P. 2119(f); and (4) the appellant raises a substantial question for our review.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Sentences for certain drug offenses committed with firearms,” 42 Pa.C.S. § 9712.1 (emphasis added)), the Commonwealth asserts that the Legislature’s use of the word”
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.