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← 344 Pa. Super. 293 - Commonwealth v. Dixon

344 Pa. Super. 293 - Commonwealth v. Dixon’s Empirical Analysis

1986

Citation profile

20
cited by 20 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
October 1995
most recently cited

18 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 265 Pa. Super. 305 - Commonwealth v. Wicks · 275 Pa. Super. 373 - Commonwealth v. Doyle · 336 Pa. Super. 609 - Commonwealth v. Jackson · 341 Pa. Super. 468 - Commonwealth v. Drumgoole · 271 Pa. Super. 434 - Commonwealth v. Farrar

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

  1. “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 the community, and the rehabilitative needs of the defendant.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “substantial question that the sentence imposed is not appropriate. . . .”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “1. The nature and circumstances of the offense.”
    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.