256 Pa. Super. 456 - Commonwealth v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
July 1984
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Blair · Commonwealth v. Peterson · Commonwealth v. Mitchell · 250 Pa. Super. 66 - Commonwealth v. Kovacs · Commonwealth v. Cornish
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the evidence presented by the Commonwealth and so much evidence presented by the defense as, fairly read in the context of the record as a whole, remains uncontradicted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Once the Commonwealth knows where the defendant is, it then has the duty to act with due diligence in bringing him to trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A copy of such application shall be served upon the attorney for the Commonwealth . . .”
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.