385 Pa. Super. 339 - Commonwealth v. Laskaris’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
2
states following
August 1995
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki · Commonwealth v. Bighum · Commonwealth v. Devers · Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority · Commonwealth v. Banks
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“These rules are intended to provide for the just determination of every criminal proceeding. They shall be construed to secure the simplicity in procedure, fairness in administration and the elimination of unjustifiable expense and delay and as nearly as may be in consonance with the rules of statutory construction.”
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.