443 Pa. Super. 479 - Commonwealth v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 state decisions

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. “(1) Credit against the maximum term and any minimum term shall be given to the defendant for all time spent in custody as a result of the criminal charge for which a prison sentence is imposed or as a result of the conduct on which such a charge is based.... (2) Credit against the maximum term and any minimum term shall be given to the defendant for all time spent in custody under a prior sentence if he is later reprosecuted and resentenced for the same offense or for another offense based on the same act or acts....”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2001 Pa. Super. 271 - Commonwealth v. Bowser · 2009 Pa. Super. 36 - Commonwealth v. Johnson

2. “[T]he 3/£ to 7 year term imposed on [revocation of probation] was the maximum sentence allowed by law for that offense. Thus, if appellant is not credited with the 23 months already served, his sentence for attempted theft by unlawful taking would be 65 months (or 5 years and 5 months) to 107 months (or 8 years and 11 months). Clearly this sentence is illegal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stallsmith v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

3. “is limited to the validity of the revocation proceeding and the legality of the final judgment of sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2001 Pa. Super. 271 - Commonwealth v. Bowser