Commonwealth v. Baldwin

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that an essential element of a criminal defendant’s procedural due process rights is reasonable notice of the charges against him
• stating that “[t]he right of the accused to testify on his own behalf is a fundamental tenet of American jurisprudence and is explicitly granted by Article I, Section 9 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.”
• finding waiver where Appellant “was clearly advised of his rights and what testifying in his own defense would entail” and “was given -5- J-A15002-15 ample opportunity to consider his decision and discuss the matter with his attorney”
• “[T]here is no requirement that the trial court conduct an on-the-record colloquy when a defendant waives his right to testify[.]”
• “The right of an accused to testify on his [or her] own behalf is a fundamental tenet of American jurisprudence and is explicitly guaranteed by Article I, Section 9 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Best
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-07-16· cited 102×
• Commonwealth v. Baldwin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-12-28· cited 33×
• Com. v. Lowmiller, P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-07-27· cited 4×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chambers v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-21· cited 5,756×
• Rock v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-22· cited 2,329×
• United States v. Jones
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-07-07· cited 126×
• Commonwealth v. Duffy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-16· cited 124×
• Commonwealth v. O'Bidos
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-04-23· cited 118×
• Commonwealth v. Nieves
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-02-17· cited 116×
• United States v. Roy E. Walker
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-09-18· cited 115×
• Commonwealth v. Jermyn
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-15· cited 88×
• United States v. Henry Peterson
  First Circuit· 2000-12-05· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Todd
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-03-18· cited 55×
• Com. v. O'BIDOS
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-05· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Mathis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-29· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Tharp
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-23· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Bango
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-12-20· cited 21×
• Campbell v. Eitak, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-02-10· cited 10×