394 Pa. Super. 299 - Commonwealth v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
June 1997
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 349 Pa. Super. 583 - Commonwealth v. Mourar · 329 Pa. Super. 148 - Commonwealth v. Balisteri · Commonwealth v. Mourar · 379 Pa. Super. 376 - Commonwealth v. Hainsey
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Unlike the police, who have a statutory duty to protect the citizens of Pennsylvania and use the citizens’ money to do so, “Crime Stoppers” is a volunteer organization of people and businesses who willingly give their money to pay people who have information about the criminal activity of others. While the efforts of “Crime Stoppers” have been helpful to the police, these efforts are not mandated by the citizens of Pennsylvania. “Crime Stoppers” is a private organization acting as it believes good citizens should by helping gather information about criminal activity and by giving such information to the police. Money given to “Crime Stoppers” is not tax money. It is money given freely by people who want to see those who have committed crimes put in jail. Since the funds used by “Crime Stoppers” is voluntarily donated and not public funds, the organization cannot be considered a victim for purposes of restitution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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