247 Pa. Super. 140 - Commonwealth v. Flores’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
states following
September 1985
most recently cited
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Clair · Luck v. United States · Commonwealth v. Bighum · Commonwealth v. Shelton · Commonwealth v. Allen
Most-quoted passages
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“"the age and nature of the prior crimes; the length of the criminal record; the age and circumstances of the defendant; the extent to which it is more important to the search for truth in a particular case for the jury to hear the defendant's story than to know of a prior conviction." Commonwealth v. Bighum, supra, 452 Pa. at 567 , 307 A.2d at 263 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the age and nature of the prior crimes; the length of the criminal record; the age and circumstances of the defendant; the extent to which it is more important to the search for truth in a particular case for the jury to hear the defendant's story than to know of a prior conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In determining the period for commencement of trial, there shall be excluded therefrom such period of delay at any stage of the proceedings as results from: (1) the unavailability of the defendant or his attorney.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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