Commonwealth v. McCurdy’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
March 2010
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lavelle v. Koch · Commonwealth v. Barud · Commonwealth v. Griscavage · Commonwealth v. Gonzalez · 358 Pa. Super. 531 - Commonwealth v. Slingerland
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he driving under the influence statute proscribes a single harm to the Commonwealth — the operation of a vehicle under the influence to a degree that renders an individual incapable of safe driving. The fact that the offense may be established as a matter of law if the Commonwealth can produce the necessary chemical test does not constitute proof of a different offense, but merely represents an alternative basis for finding culpability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.