2016 Pa. Super. 224 - Commonwealth v. Griffin’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Albino · Commonwealth v. Gilmour Manufacturing Co. · O'ROURKE v. Commonwealth · Consulting Engineers Council v. State Architects Licensure Board · McGrory v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing
Most-quoted passages
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“throughout the subsection to show that there are numerous offenses that constitute crimes of violence and therefore trigger the sentencing enhancement. The court further reasoned that subsection 9714(g) does not contain any language describing when or how the sentencing enhancement should be applied, and that this information was instead set forth in subsection 9714(a)(1). It thus rejected Appellant's claim that subsection 9714(g)'s use of the word”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[o]ur courts do not dissect statutory text and interpret it in a vacuum.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“no basis for adopting such a tortured interpretation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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