Commonwealth v. Kelly’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
August 1988
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · McCray v. State of Illinois · 229 Pa. Super. 363 - Commonwealth v. Quarles · Commonwealth v. Reeves · 233 Pa. Super. 92 - Commonwealth v. Modich
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . .A peace officer may, upon view or upon probable cause without a warrant, arrest any person violating section 1037 of this act in cases causing or contributing to an accident.””
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.