355 Pa. Super. 40 - Commonwealth v. Ehrsam’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 54 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Commonwealth v. Gribble (1997), 397 Pa. Super. 364 - Commonwealth v. Ariondo (1990)
2 federal appellate · 54 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Brady v. State of Maryland · Solem v. Helm · Mincey v. Arizona · Trop v. Dulles
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The legislature’s enactment of section 9712 evinces a recognition of the seriousness of felonies committed with firearms, as well as a determination to protect the public from those armed with firearms, to deter violent crime and the illegal use of firearms, and to vindicate the legislature’s interest in punishing those who commit serious crimes while visibly armed with a firearm. Commonwealth v. Wright, supra 508 Pa. [25] at 40, 494 A.2d [354] at 362 [1985]. We find that section 9712’s five year mandatory minimum sentence is not disproportionate to the seriousness of the crime appellant committed, and does not shock either a balanced sense of justice or offend evolving notions of decency. Appellant’s claim that section 9712 violates the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment is accordingly without merit.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although as a general rule a search and seizure conducted without a warrant is deemed unreasonable for constitutional purposes, the warrant requirement is excused where exigent circumstances exist. Commonwealth v. Holzer, 480 Pa. 93 , 389 A.2d 101 (1978). Such circumstances arise where the need for prompt police action is imperative, either because evidence sought to be preserved is likely to be destroyed or secreted from investigation, id. at 102 , 389 A.2d at 106 , or because there exists a threat of physical harm to police officers or other innocent individuals. Commonwealth v. Hinkson, 315 Pa.Super. 23, 27 , 461 A.2d 616, 618 (1983).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“so greatly disproportionate to an offense as to offend evolving standards of decency or a balanced sense of justice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.