248 Pa. Super. 145 - Commonwealth v. Franklin’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Carroll · United States v. Marin · 214 Pa. Super. 347 - Commonwealth v. Dessus · 238 Pa. Super. 203 - Commonwealth v. Melnyczenko · Commonwealth v. Stortecky
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if with the intent of' preventing a public servant from effecting a lawful arrest or discharging any duty, the person creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to the public servant or anyone else, or employs means justifying or requiring substantial force to overcome the resistance. (emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) attempts to cause or intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another; (2) negligently causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon; or (3) attempts by physical menace to put another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.