Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 8/25/1998
Commonwealth v. Anthony
Citations
- 717 A.2d 1015
- 553 Pa. 55
- 1998 Pa. LEXIS 1832
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that when only two additional witnesses of nominal nature are called in the second trial and all other witnesses are the same, substantial duplication of factual issues exists
- refusing to adopt the Commonwealth's interpretation of a statute which rendered much of its language meaningless
- refusing to' adopt the Commonwealth’s interpretation of a statute which rendered much of its language meaningless
- stating, “[t]he denial of a pretrial [m]otion to [d]ismiss an indictment on double jeopardy grounds is subject to appellate review unless it appears that the claim is frivolous
- stating, “[t]he denial of a pretrial [m]otion to [d]ismiss an indictment on double jeopardy grounds is subject to appellate review unless it appears that the claim is frivolous
- finding prosecutions were temporally related as they covered the same period of time and a substantial duplication of issues of fact and law because “a high percentage of the testimony from the first trial [had to] be repeated in the second trial”
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Judges: Cappy, Flaherty, Zappala, Gappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman
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16 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-05-02· cited 402×
- Commonwealth v. LairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-02-16· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-22· cited 153×
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-10-20· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. PerfettoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-08-30· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. NolanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-19· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. ReidSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-26· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. GeorgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-15· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. PeiferSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-09· cited 20×
- Rogele, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-04-02· cited 17×
- In the Interest of J.M.P.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-27· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. GimbaraSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-23· cited 15×
- Com. v. Kemick, JSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-09-15· cited 9×
- In Re JMPSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-27
- Com. v. Perfetto, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-08-30
- Commonwealth v. ReedLawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2005-08-22
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. BoldenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-28· cited 259×
- Commonwealth v. HudeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-11· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. BracaliellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-16· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. BradySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-04-23· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. McPhailSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-01· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. HolmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. HockenburySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-18· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. GeyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-12-24· cited 23×
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