Commonwealth v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 2016
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tipton v. Commonwealth · Allen v. Walter · Skaggs v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Corey · Commonwealth v. Collins
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our adversary system of criminal justice assigns the roles of the participants. It is the duty of the prosecuting authority and defense counsel to intimately know the case prior to trial, and ordinarily the trial -judge does not gain such insight until all the evidence has been heard. Even then, in most cases, the court is not legally competent to make a final sentencing determination until a presen-tence investigation has occurred. For the trial court to determine the maximum sentence which may be imposed without a right of plea withdrawal, absent the concurrence of the Commonwealth, prior to trial, and without benefit of a presentence investigation, radically alters the substance of the process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The court ... shall not accept the plea without first determining that the plea is made voluntarily with understanding of the nature of the charge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hoskins v. Maricle
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.