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← 437 PA 30 - Commonwealth v. Rose

Commonwealth v. Rose’s Empirical Analysis

1970

Citation profile

27
cited by 27 later decisions
2
states following
September 1980
most recently cited

27 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth ex rel. Fisher v. Stitzel · 176 Pa. Super. 119 - Commonwealth Ex Rel. DiDio v. Baldi · Commonwealth ex rel. Bittner v. Price · Commonwealth ex rel. Gordy v. Lyons · 214 Pa. Super. 50 - Commonwealth v. Rose

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

  1. “Rules 102 and 104 provide a clear and simple procedure [for the institution of criminal proceedings by written complaint]; until exceptions to those rules are adopted, they must be followed in all cases. "This also means that a preliminary arraignment must be held pursuant to Rule 116 and, if not waived, a preliminary hearing held pursuant to Rules 116(g), 117, 118, and 119.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “all proceedings shall be initiated by a written complaint,”
    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.