2014 Pa. Super. 10 - Commonwealth v. Antidormi’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

78 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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Sentencing is a matter vested in the sound discretion of the sentencing judge, and a sentence will not be disturbed on appeal absent a manifest abuse of discretion. In this context, an abuse of discretion is not shown merely by an error in judgment. Rather, the appellant must establish, by reference to the record, that the sentencing court ignored or misapplied the law, exercised its judgment for reasons of partiality, prejudice, bias or ill will, or arrived at a manifestly unreasonable decision.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Baney · 2016 Pa. Super. 239 - Commonwealth v. McLaine

2. “[A] trial court has broad discretion in phrasing its instructions, and may choose its own wording so long as the law is clearly, adequately, and accurately presented to the jury for its consideration. Only where there is an abuse of discretion or an inaccurate statement of the law is there reversible error.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Spanier · 2017 Pa. Super. 263 - Commonwealth v. Batty

3. “Although a conviction must be based on 'more than mere suspicion or conjecture, the Commonwealth need not establish guilt to a mathematical certainty.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2016 Pa. Super. 301 - Commonwealth v. Williams · Commonwealth v. Thomas