Commonwealth v. Boyd

How courts have described this case

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

• fugitive’s post-trial motions dismissed and court did not abuse its discretion by not reinstating the motions when the defendant was returned to custody
• defendant, by becoming fugitive, lost right of review of post-trial motions, and trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to consider motions upon his return to jurisdiction
• Defendant who becomes a fugitive following his conviction, waives the right to judicial review of his case. If he thereafter returns, it is within the court's discretion whether or not circumstances justify reinstatement of his post-trial motions or applications.
• Defendant who becomes a fugitive following his conviction, waives the right to judicial review of his case. If he thereafter returns, it is within the court’s discretion whether or not circumstances justify reinstate ment of his post-trial motions or applications.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gary Lee Doctor v. Gilbert A. Walters
  Third Circuit· 1996-11-04· cited 185×
• Commonwealth v. Harrison
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-24· cited 38×
• In the Interest of J.J.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-18· cited 27×
• George Feigley, A/K/A George Stoctay v. Thomas Fulcomer, Superintendent, and Leroy Zimmerman, Attorney General
  Third Circuit· 1987-11-12· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Luckenbaugh
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-04· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-10-02· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Craddock
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-01-20· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Clark
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-04· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Lines
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-19· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Lewis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-28· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Borger
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-10-12· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Borger
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-08-13
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-18
• In re Tana
  Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas· 1979-11-29
• Commonwealth v. Mitchell
  Bucks County Court of Common Pleas· 1987-03-24

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ross v. Moffitt
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-17· cited 1,488×
• Estelle v. Dorrough
  Supreme Court· 1975-04-14· cited 312×
• Smith v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1876-11-27· cited 268×
• Allen v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1897-03-15· cited 153×
• State v. Scott
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1905-01-07· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Carey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-06-12· cited 5×