Commonwealth v. Berger

How courts have described this case

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

• examining propriety of order that required in camera review of materials that were purportedly subject to a privilege
• remanding to trial court for rule to show cause on in camera inspection of victim’s records to determine if challenged materials were protected by privilege or discoverable as material produced in support of Commonwealth’s investigation
• citing, inter alia, Ritchie, and remanding for issuance of a rule to show cause why the agency should not produce the victim’s records for in camera inspection in order to determine if the materials were protected by privilege, or discoverable
• trial courts have authority pursuant to subpoena power to order disclosure of files in possession of third party

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. McClure
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-20· cited 28×
• Farrell, J. v. Regola, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-11-08· cited 26×
• Com. v. T.J.W., Jr. Appeal of: C.W.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-04-24
• Com. v. Zoungrana, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-11-26

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
  Supreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 2,521×
• Commonwealth v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-23· cited 112×
• Commonwealth v. Kyle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-20· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-31· cited 79×
• Commonwealth v. Simmons
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-02· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Miller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-11· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Carillion
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-12-22· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Byuss
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-29· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Makara
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-08-26· cited 6×