256 Pa. Super. 366 - Commonwealth v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
31
cited by 31 later decisions
2
states following
October 1984
most recently cited
31 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Shelton · Commonwealth v. Mitchell · Commonwealth v. O'Shea · Commonwealth v. Jones · 235 Pa. Super. 211 - Commonwealth v. Whyatt
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is not the function of our courts to second-guess the methods used by police to locate accused persons. The analysis to be employed is whether, considering the information available to the police, they have acted with diligence in attempting to locate the accused. Deference must be afforded the police officer’s judgment as to which avenues of approach will be fruitful.” ( 472 Pa. at 566 )”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“[W]e find that the Commonwealth exercised due diligence in locating appellant. Although the police could have pursued other avenues to locate appellant, that is not the controlling factor. It is simply not required that the Commonwealth exhaust every conceivable method of locating a defendant. Rather, reasonable steps must be taken. 11”
2 later decisions 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.