222 Pa. Super. 309 - Commonwealth v. Rispo’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently October 2013 · most notably Commonwealth v. Walker (1976), Commonwealth v. Foster (2011)
34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. United States · Byrne v. Karalexis · Florida Citrus Exposition, Inc. v. Hungerford Construction Co. · Commonwealth v. Cheeks · Commonwealth v. Satchell
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Such a claim [of multiple punishment], unlike a pure unlawfulness-of-sentence claim, is precisely the type of claim that is subject to waiver.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"the issue of duplicity of convictions is difficult and involved. However, whether it be considered a matter of sufficiency of evidence, or whether it be regarded as a double-jeopardy question, . . . the issue can be waived." (citations omitted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the sentences are per se lawful, each sentence being within the prescribed limits applicable to the offense charged.”
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.