353 Pa. Super. 137 - Commonwealth v. Roeder’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
April 1998
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]he district attorney is provided discretion in administering the A.R.D. program. See Pa.Rule of Crim.Pro. 175, 176. We cannot conclude that his policy of refusing to permit offenders with a prior felony record into the program is an abuse of discretion. This is so even though the felony conviction occurred thirteen years prior ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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