Commonwealth v. Butler

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that PCRA relief is permitted where it is established that the tribunal lacked jurisdiction
• holding defendant’s trial counsel was ineffective by failing to object to trial court’s jurisdiction
• “If the trial court desires additional time to reexamine its ruling, it must expressly grant reconsideration (Pa.R.A.P. 1701) or vacate its order within thirty-days.”
• post-conviction relief is permitted where it is established that tribunal lacked jurisdiction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Quinlan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-08· cited 107×
• Commonwealth v. James
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-29· cited 99×
• Justice v. Justice
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-24· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-01· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Fralic
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-05-28· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Wolgemuth
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-20· cited 7×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Commonwealth v. Pierce
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
• Estate of Gasbarini v. Medical Center of Beaver County, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-21· cited 61×
• Luckenbaugh v. Shearer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-23· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Andrews
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-02· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Sheppard
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-04-04· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Kern
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-08· cited 6×