245 Pa. Super. 164 - Commonwealth v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
3
states following
November 1984
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Geiger Appeal
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'complaint' also includes special documents used in lieu of a complaint to initiate criminal proceedings in extraordinary circumstances”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“a delinquency petition and any subsequent juvenile proceedings are not such 'extraordinary circumstances' as contemplated by the Supreme Court”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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