287 Pa. Super. 533 - Commonwealth v. Weldon’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Martin · 265 Pa. Super. 305 - Commonwealth v. Wicks · 263 Pa. Super. 206 - Commonwealth v. Madison · 275 Pa. Super. 373 - Commonwealth v. Doyle · 280 Pa. Super. 134 - Commonwealth v. Landi
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) General standards. — In selecting from the alternatives set forth in subsection (a) the court shall follow the general principle that the sentence imposed should call for confinement that is consistent with the protection of the public, the gravity of the offense as it relates to the impact on the life of the victim and on the community, and the rehabilitative needs of the defendant. The court shall also consider any guidelines for sentencing adopted by the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing and taking effect pursuant to section 2155 (relating to publication of guidelines for sentencing). (Emphasis added).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he failure of [a] court to give reasons for dispensing with a presentence report especially considered with the failure to adequately state the reasons for sentencing and a consideration of the statutory guidelines for sentencing require that . . . we vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing.”
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.