367 Pa. Super. 477 - Commonwealth v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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

1. “[a] prosecution against a defendant, consequently, is not completed, and therefore cannot be a 'former prosecution,' until a defendant is acquitted or convicted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 391 Pa. Super. 154 - Commonwealth v. Smith · 201 Wis. 2d 337 - State v. Petty

2. “Id. 533 A.2d at 118 (citation omitted). Furthermore, we noted that; ‘‘In both Section 110 and Section 111, our legislature explicitly stated that a former prosecution bars a subsequent prosecution when; ‘the former [first] prosecution resulted in an acquittal or in a conviction ...’ (citation omitted). A prosecution against a defendant, consequently, is not completed, and therefore cannot be a former prosecution,’ until a defendant is acquitted or convicted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 391 Pa. Super. 154 - Commonwealth v. Smith

3. “§ 111. When prosecution barred by former prosecution in another jurisdiction: When conduct constitutes an offense within the concurrent jurisdiction of this Commonwealth and of the United States or another state, a prosecution in any such other jurisdiction is a bar to a subsequent prosecution in this Commonwealth under the following circumstances:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 201 Wis. 2d 337 - State v. Petty