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← 623 Pa. 253 - Commonwealth v. Sanchez

Commonwealth v. Sanchez’s Empirical Analysis

2013

Citation profile

59
cited by 59 later decisions
2
states following
May 2025
most recently cited

58 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3591 (§ 60002 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994)

Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Ring v. Arizona · Greer v. Miller · Commonwealth v. Stoltzfus

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

  1. “In reviewing whether the evidence was sufficient to support a [ ] conviction or convictions, the entire trial record must be evaluated and all evidence considered.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “[I]t is the fact-finder's province to weigh the evidence, determine the credibility of witnesses, and believe all, part, or none of the evidence submitted.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “was in response to, and was commensurate with”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.