Commonwealth v. Moto’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) Specific proceedings. — Criminal history record information shall be expunged in a specific criminal proceeding when: (3) a person 21 years of age or older who has been convicted of a violation of section 6308 (relating to purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed beverages) petitions the court of common pleas in the county where the conviction occurred seeking expungement and the person has satisfied all terms and conditions of the sentence imposed for the violation, including any suspension of operating privileges imposed pursuant to section 6310.4 (relating to restriction of operating privileges), Upon review of the petition, the court shall order the ex-pungement of all criminal history record information and all administrative records of the Department of Transportation relating to said conviction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 2012 Pa. Super. 142 - Commonwealth v. Furrer

2. “generally treat[s] the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 9 of the Pennsylvania Constitution as coextensive.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Tulp v. Educ. Comm'n for Foreign Med. Graduates