Commonwealth v. Tarver’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
62 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently October 2021 · most notably Commonwealth v. Hude (1983), Blackwell v. Com. State Ethics Com'n (1991)
62 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 Great Northern Ry Co v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co · Wainwright v. Stone · Lefkowitz v. Newsome · Commonwealth v. Campana · Commonwealth v. Campana
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ When prosecution barred by former prosecution for different offense. “Although a prosecution is for a violation of a different provision of the statutes than a former prosecution or is based on different facts, it is barred by such former prosecution under the following circumstances: (1) The former prosecution resulted in an acquittal or in a conviction as defined in Section 109 of this title (relating to prosecution barred by former prosecution for same offense) and the subsequent prosecution is for: (ii) any offense based on the same conduct or arising from the same criminal episode, if such offense was known to the appropriate prosecuting officer at the time of the commencement of the first trial and was within the jurisdiction of a single court unless the court ordered a separate trial of the charge of such offense.” [Emphasis supplied.]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ ‘The rule . . . adopted [in Campana] was intended both to protect a person accused of crimes from governmental harassment by forcing him to undergo successive trials for offenses stemming from the same event, and also, as a matter of judicial administration and economy, to assure finality without unduly burdening the judicial process by repetitious litigation. The new approach was thus to serve both individual and societal interests. See Campana I, 452 Pa. at 251-252 , 304 A.2d 432 ; 414 U.S. 808 , 94 S.Ct. 73 , 38 L.Ed.2d 44 (plurality opinion of Mr. Justice ROBERTS); 452 Pa. at 258-259 , 304 A.2d 432 ; 414 U.S. 808 , 94 S.Ct. 73 , 38 L.Ed.2d 44 (concurring opinion of Mr. Justice EAGEN); 452 Pa. at 262-263 , 304 A.2d 432 ; 414 U.S. 808 , 94 S.Ct. 73 , 38 L.Ed.2d 44 (concurring opinion of Mr. Justice NIX).’ ””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is sufficient to point out that it was appellant’s change of his plea from not guilty to guilty as to the murder charge which necessitated that there be two separate proceedings. ... Thus, we have here a situation where the separateness of the trials for the different offenses was brought about by the defendant himself through his different pleas in the two sets of charges. It was by his choice, not that of the state, that two separate proceedings were had to determine his guilt or innocence in charges arising [out of] the same criminal episode. In these circumstances there is no reason in logic or policy that should prevent separate dis positions. ” Id. at 408-09, 357 A.2d at 543 . (emphasis added)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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