Com. v. Davis, C.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that MDJ lacked jurisdiction to issue convictions for summary offenses due to a failure to comply with the requirements of Pa.R.Crim.P. 542(F) and 543(F)
• concluding that Davis’s “convictions constitute[d] a legal nullity and, as such, are unworthy of preclusive effect under the . . . principles of double jeopardy”
• holding that Davis’s “convictions constitute[d] a legal nullity and, as such, are unworthy of preclusive effect under the compulsory joinder rule and the principles of double jeopardy”
• holding that the term “issuing authority” refers to “a specific, individual MDJ”
• deeming convictions a legal nullity where magisterial district judge lacked competent jurisdiction to transform the preliminary hearing into a summary trial
• discussing a magisterial district judge’s powers under Rules 542 and 543

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Martinez Santiago, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-01-20· cited 11×
• Com. v. Smith, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-02-15· cited 3×
• Com. v. Redanauer, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-12-28

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Tateo
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-08· cited 864×
• Ben v. Schwartz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-21· cited 216×
• Commonwealth v. Huggins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-19· cited 148×
• Commonwealth v. Fithian
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-17· cited 140×
• Commonwealth v. McBride
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-08-01· cited 135×
• Commonwealth v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 132×
• Commonwealth v. Brady
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-04-23· cited 114×
• Shearer, D., Aplts. v. Hafer, S.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-01-18· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. Hacker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-01-18· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Shearer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-09-15· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Poncala
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-08· cited 41×
• Com. v. Wilson, E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-01-31· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Schultz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-01-22· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Keenan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-08-11· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Noss
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-09· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Oliver
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-14· cited 4×
• Pocono Mountain School District v. Pennsylvania Department of Education
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-28· cited 4×