Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/26/2007
Commonwealth v. Brown
Citations
- 925 A.2d 147
- 592 Pa. 376
- 2007 Pa. LEXIS 1355
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that “Bruton is inapplicable to statements made by an individual other than a non- testifying co-defendant at a joint trial of co-defendants.” (citation omitted)
- recognizing the trial court is in the best position to determine whether the misstatement is curable
- noting this Court’s approval of the redaction practices permitted under Richardson
- noting this Court’s approval of the redaction practices permitted under Richardson
- “Severance questions fall within the discretion of the trial judge and an order denying severance will not be overturned on appeal absent an abuse of discretion. When conspiracy is charged, a joint trial generally is advisable.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Former
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. RoneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 496×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-02· cited 219×
- Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-28· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. VandivnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-01-23· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. CannonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-06-21· cited 29×
- Terry Brown v. Superintendent Greene SCIThird Circuit· 2016-08-22· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. JamesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-06· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. JiggettsLehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-08-11· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. Carrillo-QuinteroLehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2013-12-10
- Commonwealth v. Smith, L., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-10-24
- Com. v. Abdul-Ali, N.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-09-25
Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 8,792×
- Richardson v. MarshSupreme Court· 1987-04-21· cited 2,670×
- Frazier v. CuppSupreme Court· 1969-04-23· cited 1,468×
- Gray v. MarylandSupreme Court· 1998-03-09· cited 723×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-30· cited 307×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 233×
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-20· cited 227×
- Commonwealth v. MarkmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-21· cited 189×
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-22· cited 153×
- Commonwealth v. KingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-02· cited 124×
- United States v. EspinosaTenth Circuit· 1985-08-26· cited 115×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-06-19· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. TraversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-26· cited 90×
- United States v. SandiniThird Circuit· 1989-10-30· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. LambertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-21· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. MilesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-31· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-28· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. McCraeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-29· cited 64×
- Ledet v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitSupreme Court· 1991-11-12· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-02· cited 43×
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