237 Pa. Super. 506 - Commonwealth v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a) The defendant shall be present at the arraignment, at every stage of the trial including the impanelling of the jury and the return of the verdict, and at the imposition of sentence, except as otherwise provided by this rule. The defendant's absence without cause shall not preclude proceeding with the trial including the return of the verdict. (Emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 307 Pa. Super. 446 - Commonwealth v. Kyle

2. “While this Rule does not preclude proceeding with trial in the Defendant’s absence, it does not require it and when as in this case the Defendant absents herself without cause the Court in its discretion is warranted in dismissing the appeal. (Emphasis added)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 307 Pa. Super. 446 - Commonwealth v. Kyle

3. “. [N]o pretrial application shall be considered if made less than ten days before trial unless opportunity therefor did not exist. (Emphasis added)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 254 Pa. Super. 565 - Commonwealth v. Cornelius