Commonwealth v. Pfender’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 2010
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Garrett v. United States · Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki · Commonwealth v. Kichline · Commonwealth v. Pursell · Commonwealth v. Sessoms
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A sentence is invalid if the record discloses that the sentencing court may have relied in whole or' in part upon an impermissible consideration. This is so because the court violates the defendant’s right to due process if, in deciding upon the sentence, it considers unreliable information, or information affecting the court’s impartiality, or information that it is otherwise unfair to hold against the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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