376 Pa. Super. 181 - Commonwealth v. Stalnaker’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently July 2009
19 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 Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki · County of Allegheny v. Commonwealth · 367 Pa. Super. 511 - Commonwealth v. Krum · 366 Pa. Super. 597 - Commonwealth v. Darden · 362 Pa. Super. 328 - Commonwealth v. Meo
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The only constraints placed on the exercise of the trial court’s discretion in sentencing matters is that the sentence imposed must be within statutory limits and the reasons for the sentence must be placed on the record. In addition, the statement of the reasons for sentence must demonstrate that the trial court has considered the sentencing guidelines and adhered ¡to the general standard “... that the sentence imposed should call for confinement that is consistent with the protection of the public; the gravity of the offense as it relates to the impact on the life of the victim and on the community, and the rehabilitative needs of the defendant.” See 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9721; Commonwealth v. Smith, [ 369 Pa.Super. 1 ] at 5, 6, 534 A.2d 836 (1987).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“All persons sentenced to a total or partial confinement for: (1) maximum terms of five or more years shall be committed to the Bureau of Corrections for confinement; (2) maximum terms of two years or more but less than five years may be committed to the Bureau of Corrections for confinement or may be committed to a county prison within the jurisdiction of the court; (3) maximum terms of less than two years shall be committed to a county prison within the jurisdiction of the court except that as facilities become available on dates and in areas designated by the Governor in proclamations declaring the availability of State correctional facilities, such persons may be committed to the Bureau of Corrections for confinement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Allowance of appeal may be granted at the discretion of the appellate court where it appears that there is a substantial question that the sentence imposed is not appropriate under this chapter.”
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.