Commonwealth v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently April 2009 · most notably Commonwealth v. Gardner (1978), Commonwealth v. Powell (1991)
34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Relford v. Commandant, U. S. Disciplinary Barracks · United States of America Ex Rel. Harry E. Carey v. A. T. Rundle, Supt. · Budget Laundry Co. v. MUNTER · Commonwealth v. DiPasquale · 222 Pa. Super. 296 - Commonwealth v. Simpson
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The court may, in the interests of justice, grant a continuance, of its own motion, or on the motion of either party.... (b) A motion for continuance on behalf of the defendant shall be made not later than forty-eight hours before the time set for the trial. A later motion shall be entertained only when the opportunity therefor did not previously exist, or the defendant was not aware of the grounds for the motion, or the interests of justice require it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.