Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/5/1978
Commonwealth v. Cohen
Citations
- 392 A.2d 1327
- 481 Pa. 349
- 1978 Pa. LEXIS 963
How courts have described this case
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- unavailability for arraignment excluded in determining if petition for extension of time is timely, i. e. filed prior to expiration of the mandatory period.
- unavailability for arraignment excluded in determining if petition for extension of time is timely, i.e. filed prior to expiration of the mandatory period.
- defendants unavailable for 20 days—from June 26, 1975, when they failed to appear for arraignment, until July 16, 1975, when they appeared in court
- “Where ... the accused is aware of his obligation to appear and fails to do so, he may legitimately be held accountable for any resultant delay[.]” (emphasis added)
- “the Commonwealth [will] not be excused for a delay occurring because it failed to make a reasonable effort to locate the defendant”
- defendants unavailable for 20 days from June 26, 1975, when they failed to appear for arraignment, until July 16, 1975, when they appeared in court
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Larsen, Manderino
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52 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. BusseySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-08-27· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. Barbour, D., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-07-18· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. RolesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-05-08· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-02-13· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. ColonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-29· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. BairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-07-22· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. DerrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-16· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. GuldinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-08-01· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. MasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-05· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. McKennaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-30· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. BondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-01-31· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-07· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. FerraraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-21· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. ByrdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-09· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. GausSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-04· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. VeselSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-04-27· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-12-22· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. LeeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-02-12· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. PerrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-03-12· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. BlackwellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-18· cited 15×
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