Commonwealth v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently May 2013 · most notably 363 Pa. Super. 328 - Commonwealth v. Grove (1987), 401 Pa. Super. 560 - Commonwealth v. Mayfield (1991)
6 federal appellate · 27 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 Commonwealth v. Rose · Commonwealth v. Johnston · Commonwealth v. Minoff · Commonwealth v. Winebrenner · Commonwealth v. Williams
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The use of force upon or towards another person is justifiable when the actor believes that such force is immediately necessary for the purpose of protecting himself against the use of unlawful force by such other person on the present occasion ... [and] (b)(2) [t]he use of deadly force is not justifiable under this section unless the actor believes that such force is necessary to protect himself against death [or] serious bodily injury ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“2701. Simple Assault (a) Offense defined — A person is guilty of assault if he: (1) attempts to cause or intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another; (2) negligently causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon; or (3) attempts by physical menace to put another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. (b) Grading — Simple assault is a misdemeanor of the second degree unless committed in a fight or scuffle entered into by mutual consent, in which case it is a misdemeanor of the third degree. (Emphasis supplied).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“This section is derived from Section 3.04 of the Model Penal Code, and makes no substantial change in existing law. The intent of this section is to codify existing case law pertaining to “self-defense” and to cover in a single rule the law governing the use of defensive force against both attack and in crime prevention.”
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.