Commonwealth v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “consent is not a defense to the charges of [r]ape and/or IDSI with an unconscious person.”
• holding amendment violating Rule 564 is fatal only when variance between original and new charges prejudices appellant
• holding amendment violating Rule 564 only fatal when variance between original and new charges prejudices appellant
• concluding prejudice results if new charges render defenses to original charges ineffective

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Aguila-Montes De Oca
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-08-11· cited 187×
• Commonwealth v. Bricker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-09-02· cited 149×
• Commonwealth v. Sinclair
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-04-11· cited 109×
• Commonwealth v. Walls
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-04-07· cited 74×
• Commonwealth v. Hoffman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-31· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Ford
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-06-14· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Eckrote
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-10-29· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Noel, H., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-11-21· cited 44×
• Com. v. Rivera, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-05-24· cited 22×
• State v. Ayala
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2017-02-07· cited 18×
• Com. v. Sandoval, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-12-14· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-13· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Quinones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-12-11· cited 8×
• Com. v. Rivera, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-03-29· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Parmelee
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2005-06-30· cited 1×
• Com. v. Ford, L.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-02-29
• In Re: Order Amending Rule 564 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-21
• Com. v. Jackson, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-07-19
• Com. v. Belgrave, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-12-28

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Holcomb
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-10-04· cited 114×
• Commonwealth v. Berkowitz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-27· cited 72×
• Commonwealth v. DeSumma
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-31· cited 18×