Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1/31/1986
Commonwealth v. Adams
Citations
- 504 A.2d 1264
- 350 Pa. Super. 506
- 1986 Pa. Super. LEXIS 9416
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- despite numerous opportunities to do so appellant’s failure to raise claim of illegal sentence does not bar appellate consideration of the issue
- same principles of mootness applied where challenge involved legality of sentence
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Judges: Spaeth, Cavanaugh, Brosky, Rowley, Wieand, McEwen, Sole, Beck, Tamilia, Cava-Naugh, Former
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16 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. QuinlanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-08· cited 107×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-19· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. KingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-11-13· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. WallaceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-25· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-04-23· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. FieldsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-17· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-26· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-15· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-09-24· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. HumpheysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-08-24· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-03· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-18· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-04-02· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. BoylesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-04-13· cited 2×
- Com. v. Fields, K.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-17
- Commonwealth v. ScottSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-05-19
Cites
26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
- United States v. DiFrancescoSupreme Court· 1980-12-09· cited 1,657×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Moszczynski v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1941-09-29· cited 179×
- Pennsylvania v. GoldhammerSupreme Court· 1985-11-12· cited 153×
- Commonwealth v. VivianSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-06-29· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. FordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-10· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-07-19· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. SheehanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-12-20· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. BoernerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-03· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-06-01· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-03-10· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-01-31· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. GoldhammerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-29· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. MeyerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-07-19· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. BaileySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-06· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. DoriaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-08· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. RohdeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. AyalaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-01-30· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. KellySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-11· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-06-22· cited 21×
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