Com. v. VAM’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Wexler · 244 Pa. Super. 62 - Commonwealth v. Malone · Commonwealth v. D.M. · 354 Pa. Super. 194 - Commonwealth v. Richardson · 1999 Pa. Super. 205 - Commonwealth v. Maxwell
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the Commonwealth does not bear its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt [as in an acquittal], or admits that it is unable to bear its burden of proof (as in the present case), the Commonwealth must bear the burden of justifying why the arrest record should not be expunged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Com. v. VG
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.