Commonwealth v. Bryant’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he orderly administration of justice requires that review of the PCRA court’s decision denying guilt phase relief should precede the imposition of a new sentence by the trial court.”). This Court retains jurisdiction under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9546(d). Id. (”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Hill · 2015 Pa. Super. 230 - Commonwealth v. Gaines

2. “[t]he Order of the PCRA court fully and finally disposed of all issues before it. Accordingly, it was a final order that Bryant, the Commonwealth or both could have appealed. Had Bryant not filed a notice of appeal within thirty days of the entry of the Order, as required by Pa.R.A.P. 903, he would have waived future review of the decision of the PCRA court.-”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2015 Pa. Super. 230 - Commonwealth v. Gaines · Commonwealth v. Fields

3. “Byrant [sic] correctly asserts that the legislature did not require that the sentence of death actually be pending in order for this Court to have jurisdiction. Thus, this case remains one “in which the death penalty has been imposed” and, based on the plain meaning of the statute, the appeal is properly to this Court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Miller · Commonwealth v. Rompilla