369 Pa. Super. 318 - Commonwealth v. Ebert’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Oyler v. Boles · Commonwealth v. Lutz · 247 Pa. Super. 99 - Commonwealth v. Kindness · Shade v. Commonwealth of Pa., Dept. of Transp. · 353 Pa. Super. 353 - Commonwealth v. Kiehl
Most-quoted passages
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“Lutz restricts the district attorney’s discretion in two significant respects. First, the prosecutor must openly specify reasons for not submitting a case for ARD. Commonwealth v. Manning, 367 Pa.Super. 624, 626-627 , 533 A.2d 448, 450 (Pa.Super.1987); Commonwealth v. Kiehl, 353 Pa.Super. 353 , 509 A.2d 1313 (1986). Second, these reasons must relate to the protection of society or to the likelihood of the candidate’s successful rehabilitation.”
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.