Wilson v. Blake’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Rule 141(c)(4) promotes important policies. Official stenographic records are not infallible. Transcription by means other than stenographic recording, or by a second stenographer, insures the defendant an accurate record. Moreover, a transcription made by the defendant is available to him immediately, unlike the official record which can require weeks or months to prepare and often can not be furnished to defense counsel until the eve of trial. Finally, the means allowed a defendant for recording prehminary hearings are both inexpensive and convenient. Their use deserves to be encouraged rather than deterred.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 6 Pa. D. & C.3d 793 - Romick v. Plum Borough

2. “[o]ur interpretation of Rule 141 does not rest upon principles of due process; we hold that appellants are entitled by Rule 141 to make tape recordings of their preliminary hearing regardless of whether due process permits a contrary result.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lepley v. Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas

3. “(c) The defendant ... may, if he desires: (4) make written notes of the proceedings, or have his counsel do so, or make a stenographic, mechanical or electrical record of the proceedings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 327 Pa. Super. 219 - Commonwealth v. Gelormo