296 Pa. Super. 288 - Commonwealth v. Rooney’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently February 2012 · most notably Commonwealth v. Devers (1988), 318 Pa. Super. 311 - Wolk v. Wolk (1983)
40 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 Commonwealth v. Riggins · Commonwealth v. Martin · Commonwealth v. Wrona · Commonwealth v. Kostka · 265 Pa. Super. 305 - Commonwealth v. Wicks
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 40 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).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“... demonstrate that the court has considered the factors specified in the Code, and that it has balanced the specific background, character and circumstances of the defendant with the circumstances of the crime, the need for incarceration, to prevent future offenses by the defendant and by others, and the possibility of rehabilitation. Id., 265 Pa.Superior Ct. at 314, 401 A.2d at 1227 .”
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.