251 Pa. Super. 386 - Commonwealth v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
November 1979
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Hubbard · Commonwealth v. Blair · Commonwealth v. Twiggs · Commonwealth v. Shelton
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.
““A review of the leading cases decided under Rule 1100 makes clear the uncertainty in application and change in approach that has occurred in the short life of the rule. See, e. g., Commonwealth v. Millhouse, 239 Pa.Super. 445 , 362 A.2d 398 (1976), rev’d 470 Pa. 512 , 368 A.2d 1273 (1977); Commonwealth v. Mayfield, 239 Pa.Super. 279 , 362 A.2d 994 (1976), rev’d 469 Pa. 214 , 364 A.2d 1345 (1976); Commonwealth v. Shelton, 239 Pa.Super. 195 , 361 A.2d 873 (1976), aff'd, 469 Pa. 8 , 364 A.2d 694 (1976) (Dictum disapproved).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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