432 Pa. Super. 97 - Commonwealth v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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22 state decisions

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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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(2) Discretionary With the Court. In all court cases, except as otherwise provided in Rule 263 (Disclosure of Testimony Before Investigating Grand Jury), if the defendant files a motion for pretrial discovery, the court may order the Commonwealth to allow the defendant’s attorney to inspect and copy or photograph any of the following requested items, upon a showing that they are material to the preparation of the defense and that the request is reasonable: (a) the names and addresses of all eyewitnesses[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Roebuck

2. “(a.l) Previous conviction. — For purposes of this section, it shall be deemed that a defendant has been convicted of another drug trafficking offense when the defendant has been convicted of another offense under section 13(a)(14), (30) or (37) of The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, or of a similar offense under any statute of any state or the United States, whether or not judgment of sentence has been imposed concerning that offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2007 Pa. Super. 379 - Commonwealth v. Boyd

3. “upon the first conviction... and, upon conviction for another offense subject to sentencing under this section:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1999 Pa. Super. 46 - Commonwealth v. Vasquez