Commonwealth v. Bennett

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that shoving police officer was sufficient to show intent to harass, annoy, or alarm
• mere hunches on part of officer are insufficient to establish reasonable grounds for suspicion
• “A motion for [a] new trial on the grounds that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence concedes that there is sufficient evidence to sustain the verdict . . . .”
• “A motion for new trial on grounds that the verdict is contrary to the weight of the evidence concedes that there is sufficient evidence to sustain the verdict but contends, nevertheless, that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Commonwealth v. Moreno
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-02-04· cited 169×
• Commonwealth v. Love
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-04-03· cited 127×
• Commonwealth v. Little
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-07-20· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-03-23· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Plante
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-28· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Taylor
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-05-11· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Dutrieville
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-28· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Wood
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-23· cited 20×
• In the Interest of R.P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-07· cited 13×
• Kopko v. Miller
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-02-20· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Chambers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-03-23· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. DeLuca
  Delaware County Court of Common Pleas· 2008-11-13· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Hines
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2008-04-22· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Alvarez
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2013-12-04· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Stark
  Armstrong County Court of Common Pleas· 2005-03-10
• Commonwealth v. Dickey
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-01-20
• Commonwealth v. Clemons
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-04-14
• Commonwealth v. Husky
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-08-03
• Commonwealth v. Hart
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-10-27
• Commonwealth v. Krause
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-10-27

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-06· cited 387×
• Commonwealth v. Cook
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-23· cited 242×
• Commonwealth v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-19· cited 193×
• Commonwealth v. Reid
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-09-30· cited 173×
• Commonwealth v. Ingram
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-20· cited 79×
• Commonwealth v. Leet
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-04· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Turner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-09· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Fitzpatrick
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-16· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Barnett
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-16· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Hodge
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-08· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-01-16· cited 39×
• COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. Kline
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-12-22· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Black
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-08-14· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Miller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-31· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-06-06· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Yerger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-21· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Tenney
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-04-03· cited 2×