Commonwealth v. Coffey

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that potential conflict of interest arose where attorney represented co-defendants and statement made by one defendant implicated the other
• “The right to counsel of choice should not be interfered with in cases where the potential conflicts of interest are highly speculative….”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Hlatky
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-05-25· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Keene
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 1996-02-08
• Commonwealth v. Heaney
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2015-02-23

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wheat v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-30· cited 1,962×
• Commonwealth v. Coleman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 106×
• Commonwealth v. Scarborough
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-23· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Hill
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-31· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Carey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-06-24· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Szekeresh
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-23· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Cassidy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-28· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Roberson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 11×