Commonwealth v. Estman’s Empirical Analysis

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10 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although the Latin phrase “ex post fac-to” literally encompasses any law passed “after the fact,” it has long been recognized by this Court that the constitutional prohibition on ex post facto laws applies only to penal statutes which disadvantage the offender affected by them. Collins v. Youngblood, 497 U.S. 37, 41 , 110 S.Ct. 2715, 2718 , 111 L.Ed.2d 30 (1990) (citations omitted). “Legislatures may not retroactively alter the definition of crimes or increase the punishment for criminal acts.” Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jae v. Good

2. “Notwithstanding the provisions of 1 Pa.C.S. § 1933 (relating to particular controls general) or any other statute to the contrary, where the same conduct of a defendant violates more than one criminal statute, the defendant may be prosecuted under all available statutory criminal provisions without regard to the generality or specificity of the statutes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2013 Pa. Super. 144 - Commonwealth v. Nypaver

3. “No State shall ... pass any ... ex post facto law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jae v. Good