Commonwealth v. Waters’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
146 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 146 later decisions — most recently September 2020 · most notably Commonwealth v. Gravely (1979), Commonwealth v. Fox (1978)
146 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 Commonwealth v. Clair · Commonwealth v. Blair · Commonwealth v. Fortune · Commonwealth v. Williams · Commonwealth v. Cheeks
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 146 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Where boiler plate variety motions are filed, it is often difficult, if not impossible, to determine with precision the issues actually argued before the court below. The trial court's opinion may not refer to all questions touched upon in oral argument; the trial court may sua sponte address an issue not presented by the parties; and finally, the court may misperceive the issue actually urged by the party. In sum, the insistance upon the requirement of specific written post-verdict motions in accordance with Rule 1123(a) enhances the quality of review; encourages professional advocacy; discourages pursuit of frivolous claims; and promotes judicial economy. Because of the desirability of the objectives sought to be obtained by enforcement of this requirement and the unequivocal notice to the bench and the bar that strict compliance would be expected as to motions filed after our Blair decision, there is no longer a justification for a continuation of an exception of the application . . . ."”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[h]enceforth, issues not presented in compliance with the rule [Pa.R.Crim.P. 1123(a)] will not be considered by our trial and appellate courts.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"[W]e do not believe that the fact that the trial court considered the question provides a basis for departure from the mandate of Blair . First, Blair was direction both to counsel and the court below to consider only those issues properly raised in the written post-trial motions in accordance with Rule 1123(a). Secondly, as has been stated, the mere fact that the court below may have considered the issue does not assure the objectives sought to be achieved by this particular section of the rule."”
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.