294 Pa. Super. 338 - Commonwealth v. MacHi’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
September 2000
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McCray v. State of Illinois · Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Newman Oil Co. · Lombard v. Marcera · Commonwealth v. Myrick · Commonwealth v. Coleman
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is not intended that preliminary calendar calls should constitute commencement of a trial. A trial commences when the trial judge determines that the parties are present and directs them to proceed to voir dire, or to opening argument, or to the hearing of any motions which had been reserved for the time of trial, or to the taking of testimony or to some other such first step in the trial, (emphasis added).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“a defendant may not benefit from a delay that he has caused[,]”
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.