260 Pa. Super. 438 - Commonwealth v. Richbourg’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently June 2011 · most notably State v. Gallegos (2011), Commonwealth v. Andrews (2001)
29 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 Swain v. State of Alabama · Kirby v. Illinois · United States v. Dionisio · Holt v. United States · Whitus v. State of Georgia Whitus
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In light of this, it is clear that both convictions for conspiracy cannot stand. It is similarly clear, however, that we may affirm the conviction for conspiracy to burglarize, the ultimate intent of appellant and his cohorts, and vacate the conviction for conspiracy to commit robbery. Such a conclusion is supported by the record of this case, which indicates that the robbery of Boehm and Finffock to obtain the restaurant keys was only a necessary intermediate step designed to effectuate the desired end; namely the breaking of the Hardee’s safe.” (Footnotes omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““The certification of a duly authorized representative of any administrative department, board or commission, attesting to the licensure status of non-licensure status of an individual, as shown by the required official records, shall be received as evidence in all courts in this Commonwealth in the trial of any case.””
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.