Commonwealth v. Dickter’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 2013
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Riggins · Commonwealth v. Forbes · Commonwealth v. Shaffer · Commonwealth v. McLaughlin · 275 Pa. Super. 324 - Commonwealth v. Ammon
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although appellant’s petition was presented four years after he entered the pleas, it was nonetheless filed prior to the imposition of sentence. Pa.R.Crim. Procedure 320 provides: At any time before sentence, the court may, in its discretion, permit or direct a plea of guilty to be withdrawn and a plea of not guilty substituted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“While a pre-sentence withdrawal request should be liberally considered, defendant must present a fair and just reason for withdrawing the plea. Even if a viable reason is asserted for withdrawal, withdrawal is only permitted if the Commonwealth has not been substantially prejudiced by reliance on the plea.”
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.