Commonwealth v. Dunlavey’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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

1. “[wjhenever any convict ... is confined in any ... penitentiary ... or any other penal institution, under conviction or sentence of a court ... and it is shown to a court of record by due proof that such convict ... is seriously ill, and that it is necessary that he or she be removed from such penal institution, the court shall have power to modify its sentence ... and provide for the confinement or care of such convict ... in some other suitable institution where proper treatment may be administered. Upon the recovery of such person, the court shall recommit him or her to the institution from which he or she was removed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2003 Pa. Super. 38 - Commonwealth v. Reefer

2. “The mere fact that [the individual] suffers from a “serious illness” is not sufficient to allow relief under [Act 61]. Rather the requirement of the statute is a “serious illness” and a showing that it is “necessary” to leave the prison to receive medical care, either because the inmate’s disease cannot be treated in prison or as a means of quarantine.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2005 Pa. Super. 265 - Commonwealth v. Kositi