Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 9/27/1976
Commonwealth v. Brown
Citations
- 363 A.2d 1249
- 242 Pa. Super. 240
- 1976 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2041
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \Our law presumes that a defendant who plea was aware of what he was doing. He bears the burden proving otherwise.\
- \Our law presumes that defendant who enters a guilty plea 31 was aware of what he was doing. He bears the burden proving otherwise. ... A defendant who elects to plead guilty has a duty to answer questions truthfully.\
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Judges: Van Voort, Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van Voort Spaeth, Spaeth
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. McClendonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-08· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-26· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. ColeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-08-30· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. CappelliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-01· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-19· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. OwensSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-04· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-23· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. MunsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-28· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. IseleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-10-22· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. LewisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-12-02· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. WestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-05· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-05-10· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. EdringtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-08-05· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. VesaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-08-26· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-30· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. EganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-18· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. YoungSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-11-22· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. CortinoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-09-12· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. HendersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-04-16· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-09· cited 8×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Crosby v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-07-01· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. SanuttiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. LearnSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-31· cited 23×
- Commonwealth ex rel. Kern v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-11-15· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. WelchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-05-24· cited 9×
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