311 Pa. Super. 264 - Commonwealth v. Lapia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

69 state decisions

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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]e must determine for ourselves whether the order is appealable—whether it terminates or substantially handicaps the prosecution; and we must make that determination on the basis of the record, and on that basis alone.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 313 Pa. Super. 243 - Commonwealth v. Williams · 320 Pa. Super. 304 - Commonwealth v. Markman

2. “first, that the person must be “reasonably suspected” of having narcotics; second, that after being informed that before he may make his visit he must submit to a search, the person must consent to be searched; and third, that the search that the warden then conducts must be a reasonable search.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Dugger · 398 Pa. Super. 155 - Commonwealth v. Gumby

3. ““It is apparent that the record discloses that in each case the suppression order terminates the prosecution; the Commonwealth cannot prove a defendant’s possession of a controlled substance if it cannot prove that it took the substance from the defendant.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 312 Pa. Super. 386 - Commonwealth v. Mills