Commonwealth v. Cheatham

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that court will not counter counsel’s strategic decisions so long as strategy has a reasonable basis
• stating that the violation of driving without a valid license will not, in and of itself, support a charge of homicide by vehicle
• “stipulating...was clearly a trial strategy designed to lessen the emotional impact of testimony, a reasonable strategy under the facts of this case and one which we will not second guess”
• counsel exercised reasonable trial strategy in stipulating to victims' injuries to lesson the emotional impact of the testimony
• counsel exercised reasonable trial strategy in stipulating to victims’ injuries to lesson the emotional impact of the testimony
• epileptic was criminally negligent for driving while knowing he was subject to seizures

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-29· cited 181×
• Commonwealth v. Ellis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-07-30· cited 146×
• State v. Jenkins
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2002-02-01· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Nicotra
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-07· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Samuels
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-08-28· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Francis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-20· cited 19×
• In the Int. of: E.L.W., a Minor
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-04-13· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Hurst
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-14· cited 10×
• Robertson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2003-01-30· cited 4×
• Robertson, Johnny Ray v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2003-01-30
• Com. v. Sanders, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-02-03

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
• Commonwealth v. Durst
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-30· cited 206×
• Commonwealth v. Root
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-05-02· cited 118×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-02-08· cited 102×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-04· cited 83×
• Commonwealth v. Heck
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-28· cited 78×
• People v. Decina
  New York Court of Appeals· 1956-11-29· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Rementer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-28· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Heck
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-04· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-15· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. WEBB
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-17· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Hicks
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-10-19· cited 31×
• Malcolm v. Patrick
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1962-08-08· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Colvin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-22· cited 4×