2017 Pa. Super. 129 - Com. v. Dixon, W., II’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If no statutory authorization exists for a particular sentence, that sentence is illegal and subject to correction.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Prieto · Commonwealth v. Luciani

2. “Our scope and standard of review for illegal sentence claims is as follows: The scope and standard of review applied to determine the legality of a sentence are well established. If no statutory authorization exists for a particular sentence, that sentence is illegal and subject to correction. An illegal sentence must be vacated. In evaluating a trial court's application of a statute, our standard of review is plenary and is limited to determining whether the trial court committed an error of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Hodges

3. “If no statutory authorization exists for a particular sentence, that sentence is illegal and subject to correction. An illegal sentence must be vacated. In evaluating a trial court's application of a statute, our standard of review is plenary and is limited to determining whether the trial court committed an error of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Com. of Pa. v. Lee