247 Pa. Super. 557 - Commonwealth v. Kishbach’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
July 1984
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roviaro v. United States · Detenber v. American Universal Insurance Co · Commonwealth v. Carter · Wyoming v. Udall · Velarde-Villarreal v. United States
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.
“The following acts and the causing thereof within the Commonwealth are hereby [illegal]: Except as authorized by this act, the manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, a controlled substance by a person not registered under this act, or a practitioner not registered or licensed by the appropriate State board, or knowingly creating, delivering or possessing with intent to deliver, a counterfeit controlled substance.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““It is blackletter law that an appellate court may not reverse a trial court’s denial of a continuance without a palpable and prejudicial abuse of discretion. Commonwealth v. Warner, 209 Pa.Super. 215 , 225 A.2d 98 (1966), cert. den. 389 U.S. 986 , 88 S.Ct. 477 , 19 L.Ed.2d 479 . See generally 24A C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1865, p. 710, n. 78. And, the rule has been applied with equal force when a witness is absent. Id. at p. 712.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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