253 Pa. Super. 447 - Commonwealth v. Braithwaite’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
51 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently February 1997 · most notably Commonwealth v. Genovese (1981), Commonwealth v. Brocklehurst (1980)
51 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Shelton · Mielcuszny Et Ux. v. Rosol (Et Ux.) · Commonwealth v. Mitchell · Commonwealth v. Hetherington · Man O' War Racing Ass'n v. State Horse Racing Commission
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he prompt trial period would attach from the date of the second complaint only if (1) the first complaint was properly dismissed and (2) the record fails to reflect an improper prosecutorial design to circumvent the mandate of Rule 1100.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage““Trial in a court case in which a written complaint is filed against the defendant after June 30, 1974 shall commence no later than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date on which the complaint is filed.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“The test mandated by Rule 1100 is the only test to be applied in Pennsylvania to determine a speedy trial claim. It was not meant to be applied in addition to Barker’s “balancing test.” It represents this Court’s determination that the “balancing test” . . . provides only the “minimum standards guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments,” and that such minimum standards are not adequate to provide Pennsylvania criminal defendants the protection guaranteed by the Constitution of this Commonwealth. See Pa.Const. Art. I, Sec. 9. Id., 467 Pa. at 442 , 359 A.2d at 176 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.