332 Pa. Super. 167 - Commonwealth v. Hailey’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
December 1989
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Pettus · Commonwealth v. Allen · Commonwealth v. Davis · Commonwealth v. McCutchen
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`an accused does not have an absolute right to a bench trial.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Further, the fact that the trial judge is aware of an accused’s prior convictions does not automatically require that judge’s recusal. Commonwealth v. Edney, supra; Commonwealth v. Darush, 279 Pa.Super. 140 , 420 A.2d 1071 (1980); see also, Commonwealth v. Davis, 491 Pa. 363 , 421 A.2d 179 (1980) (admission of evidence of prior convictions harmless error in bench trial since trial judge presumed to disregard inadmissible evidence).”
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.