Lloyd v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “in the course of committing theft, he uses or threatens the immediate use of physical force upon another person with intent to accomplish theft and when he: (a)[clauses physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or (b) [i]s armed with a deadly weapon; or (c) [u]ses or threatens the immediate use of a dangerous instrument upon any person who is not a participant in the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Day v. Commonwealth

2. “(1) in the course of committing a theft (2) use or threaten the immediate use of physical force (3) with intent to accomplish the theft (4) while either (a) causing physical injury upon a person not a participant in the crime (b) being armed with a deadly weapon or (c) using or threatening the immediate use of a dangerous instrument upon a person not a participant in the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Day v. Commonwealth

3. “where the same act or transaction constitutes a violation of two (or more) distinct statutory provisions, the test to be applied to determine whether there are two (or more) offenses or only one, is whether each provision requires proof of a fact which the other does not.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McNeil v. Commonwealth