Commonwealth v. Armstrong

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “[o]ur rules give -4- J-A20032-23 district attorneys broad discretion to select which crimes and which individuals qualify for diversion into ARD”
• “Our rules give district attorneys broad discretion to select which crimes and which individuals qualify for diversion into ARD”
• \Our rules give district attorneys broad discretion to select which crimes and which individuals qualify for diversion into ARD\
• unless State demonstrates overriding societal interest in retaining record of arrest, person who successfully completes an accelerated rehabilitative disposition program is entitled to have his record expunged
• expungement of criminal -5- J-S43015-18 records prevents undue loss of employment that might accompany criminal record
• person who successfully completed an accelerated disposition program is entitled to expungement of record

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gilles v. Davis
  Third Circuit· 2005-10-25· cited 323×
• Commonwealth v. Lutz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-26· cited 150×
• In Re Administrative Order No. 1-Md-2003
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-20· cited 81×
• Bruce v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-08-09· cited 47×
• Troutman v. Court of Common Pleas of Berks County
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-20· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Moto
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-05-26· cited 42×
• Cain v. Darby Borough
  Third Circuit· 1993-10-18· cited 35×
• Carlacci v. Mazaleski
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-05-31· cited 34×
• Association of Flight Attendants, Afl-Cio v. Usair, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1992-03-31· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Wallace
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-21· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Scheinert
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-12-11· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. McSorley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-26· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Chacker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-10-28· cited 14×
• Com. v. McCabe, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-03-27· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Magdon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-02-04· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. McKee
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-08-25· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Wolfe
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-20· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Cook
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-12-16· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Cohen
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-12· cited 5×
• Kearney v. Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-16· cited 5×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Wexler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 125×
• Dale B. Menard v. John N. Mitchell and John Edgar Hoover
  D.C. Circuit· 1970-06-19· cited 123×
• Commonwealth v. Malone
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-12-15· cited 92×
• Wolfe v. Beal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Rose
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-02-16· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Iacino
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-05· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Mueller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-20· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Briley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-06-06· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Capone
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-12-05· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Bailey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-30· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Welford
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 9×