Com. v. DM’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Under the Juvenile Act, a juvenile proceeding may commence when a petition is filed indicating a juvenile has committed delinquent acts. See 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 6321(a)(8).... After the filing of a petition, the juvenile court holds an adjudicatory hearing at which evidence on the petition for delinquency is heard. “After hearing the evidence on the petition [for delinquency,] the court shall make and file its findings as to whether ... the acts ascribed to the child were committed by him.” 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6341(a). “If the court finds that ... the allegations of delinquency have not been established[,] it shall dismiss the petition and order the child discharged from any detention or other restriction theretofore ordered in the proceeding.” Id. Conversely, “[i]f the court finds on proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the child committed the acts by reason of which he is alleged to be delinquent^] it shall enter such finding on the record and shall specify the particular offenses, including the grading and counts thereof which the child is found to have committed.” Id. § 6341(b). After the juvenile court has entered an adjudication of delinquency on the record, the court must hold a hearing to determine a disposition which is “consistent with the protection of the public interest and best suited to the child’s treatment, supervision, rehabilitation, and welfare[.]” 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6352(a).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Interest of M.W.

2. “If the court finds that the child is not in need of treatment, supervision or rehabilitation it shall dismiss the proceeding [at this point] and discharge the child from any detention or other restriction theretofore ordered.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Com. v. IN RE MW

3. “court to adjudicate a child delinquent when it is proven that the child, in fact, committed the acts which formed the basis of the petition for delinquency.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Com. v. IN RE MW