Peyton v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
2
states following
September 2016
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Marshall v. Commonwealth · Grant v. Commonwealth · Slayton v. Commonwealth · Dyke v. Commonwealth · Griffin v. Cunningham
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(A) In any case in which the court has suspended the execution or imposition of sentence, the court may revoke the suspension of sentence for any cause the court deems sufficient that occurred at any time within the probation period, or within the period of suspension fixed by the court. ^ ^ ^ ^ (C) If the court, after hearing, finds good cause to believe that the defendant has violated the terms of suspension, then: (i) if the court originally suspended the imposition of sentence, the court shall revoke the suspension, and the court may pronounce whatever sentence might have been originally imposed or (ii) if the court originally suspended the execution of the sentence, the court shall revoke the suspension and the original sentence shall be in full force and effect. The court may again suspend all or any part of this sentence and may place the defendant upon terms and conditions or probation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[W]e have held consistently that `revocation of a suspended sentence lies in the discretion of the trial court and that discretion is quite broad.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“There is surely a distinction between the willful failure of an inmate to comply with the requirements of the detention center program and the conditions of his suspended sentence permitting his participation in that program and the subsequent inability of the inmate to do so resulting from an unforeseen medical condition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Carroll v. Com.
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.