259 Pa. Super. 536 - Commonwealth v. Quinlan’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
September 1986
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Shelton · Commonwealth v. O'Shea · 246 Pa. Super. 300 - Commonwealth v. Richbourgh · Commonwealth v. McQuaid · 245 Pa. Super. 17 - Commonwealth v. Haynes
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For purposes of subparagraph (3)(i), ... the defendant should be deemed unavailable for the period of time ... during which the defendant was physically or mentally incompetent to proceed....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““On March 25 defense counsel filed a petition for an independent psychiatric examination alleging that ‘. . . the response from Farview State Hospital . . . concluded that [appellant] was competent to stand trial but did not refer to other psychiatric issues . . .’, i.e., appellant’s mental and emotional status at the time of the offense. The Common wealth did not deny this allegation, and the lower court granted the petition. It therefore appears that appellant’s staff review was completed at least by March 25, so that at least by then appellant’s unavailability had ended.” (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]n determining the period for commencement of trial, there shall be excluded therefrom such period of delay at any stage of the proceedings as results from: (1) the unavailability of the defendant or his attorney.”
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.