Commonwealth v. Seymour’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
July 1983
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. McKennion
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Neither Section 3921 which details the crime nor Section 3901 which describes the property contains the element of value. We believe, therefore, that value is not an essential element of the crime of theft. Rather, the value of the stolen items becomes relevant only to establish the grade of the offense for purposes of imposing sentence.” Commonwealth v. McKennion, 235 Pa.Super. 160, 163 , 340 A.2d 889, 891 (1975).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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