Commonwealth v. Cardwell

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the crime of EWOC requires a showing of a knowing violation of a duty of care
• finding evidence sufficient where mother did not act to remove her 11 year old daughter from then-house when she knew stepfather was having sexual intercourse with her that resulted in two pregnancies
• finding evidence sufficient where mother did not act to remove her 11 year old daughter from their house when she knew stepfather was having sexual intercourse with her that resulted in two pregnancies
• upholding EWOC conviction for a mother who failed to take action to remove her daughter from the home where her stepfather was sexually abusing her and had impregnated her on two occasions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Commonwealth v. Bryant
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-11-26· cited 104×
• In re J.W.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-27· cited 99×
• Commonwealth v. Cottam
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-17· cited 93×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Lynn, W.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-04-27· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Wallace
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-11-21· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Ogin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-04-11· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Manchas
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-10-28· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Pestinikas
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-12-10· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Fewell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-10· cited 43×
• Erie Insurance Exchange v. Muff
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-05-24· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Schley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-02-19· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Pahel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-24· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Martir
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-05-13· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Foster
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-11-16· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Miller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-03· cited 26×
• Com. v. Vela-Garrett, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-04-23· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Retkofsky
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-19· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Chapman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-11-30· cited 11×
• Parents United for Better Schools, Inc. v. School District of Philadelphia Board of Education
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1997-09-12· cited 10×
• Hernandez-Cruz v. Attorney General of the United States
  Third Circuit· 2014-09-04· cited 9×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-01-20· cited 164×
• Commonwealth v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-18· cited 163×
• Commonwealth v. MacK
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Barnhart
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-08-16· cited 71×
• Commonwealth v. Howard
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-04-20· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Humphreys
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-06-27· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Griscavage
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-24· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Morrison
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-04-19· cited 17×