Commonwealth v. Levine’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3651
Relies on Latella v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Pierce · 309 Pa. Super. 233 - Royal Indemnity Co. v. Adams · 310 Pa. Super. 178 - Worley v. Augustine · 321 Pa. Super. 333 - Commonwealth v. Hunter
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining the sentence to be imposed the court shall ... consider and select one or more of the following alternatives, and may impose them consecutively or concurrently: (4) Total confinement....”
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.