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 the Commonwealth cannot establish probation violation where defendant was acquitted of the charges that constituted the alleged VOP
• “In a revocation hearing the Commonwealth has the obligation of establishing its case by a preponderance of the evidence.”
• it is “double jeopardy that forbids the state from offending the collateral estoppel rule”
• it is “double jeopardy that forbids the state from offending the collateral estoppel rule”
• regarding charges acquitted by a jury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-10· cited 177×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-29· cited 139×
• State v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-03-21· cited 123×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-05-08· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. Ortega
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-05-17· cited 93×
• Chapman v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-07· cited 87×
• Commonwealth v. Infante
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-29· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Holmgren
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-11-03· cited 74×
• Commonwealth v. Sims
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-05· cited 70×
• Commonwealth v. States
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-27· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Holder
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-08-22· cited 62×
• State v. Reyes
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1986-01-22· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Marchesano
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-10· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Lagana
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-05-07· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. McNeal
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-07-16· cited 34×
• O'Hara v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-31· cited 33×
• LaCourt v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-05· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Banks
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-29· cited 31×
• Coades v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-09· cited 30×
• Harris v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-07-10· cited 28×

Cites

42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Morrissey v. Brewer
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 10,835×
• Gagnon v. Scarpelli
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 5,755×
• Ashe v. Swenson
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 4,277×
• Benton v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 4,063×
• Sealfon v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1948-01-12· cited 555×
• One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-12-11· cited 544×
• Commonwealth v. Campana
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-04· cited 340×
• The Palmyra
  Supreme Court· 1827-01-15· cited 322×
• Hoag v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 1958-05-19· cited 314×
• Commonwealth v. Campana
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-01-24· cited 306×
• Commonwealth v. Bolden
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-28· cited 259×
• Coffey v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1886-01-18· cited 251×
• Commonwealth v. Kates
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-08· cited 232×
• Safeguard Mutual Insurance v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 210×
• Harris v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1971-11-16· cited 200×
• Turner v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-22· cited 128×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-31· cited 125×
• Simpson v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-21· cited 91×
• Commonwealth v. Hude
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-31· cited 87×
• United States v. Perlie Donald Workman
  Fourth Circuit· 1978-12-04· cited 75×