Commonwealth v. Davis

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• noting that defendant, although not pleading guilty, stipulated to testimony making guilty verdict foregone conclusion at bench trial
• noting that although the defendant did not plead guilty, he stipulated to testimony which made the finding of guilt a “foregone conclusion”
• providing that an extensive colloquy is necessary where a stipulation “made the outcome [of the trial] a foregone conclusion”
• where record indicated defendant was aware of consequences of stipulating to evidence and counsel negotiated a more lenient sentence by proceeding nonjury by way of stipulated evidence, counsel was not ineffective
• where record indicated defendant was aware of consequences of stipulating to evidence and counsel negotiated a more lenient sentence by proceeding nonjury by way of stipulated evidence, counsel was not ineffective

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Eichinger, J., Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-31· cited 169×
• Commonwealth v. Weaver
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-16· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Ruiz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-02-27· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Tate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Bridell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-13· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Tate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-01· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-03-19· cited 6×
• People v. Clendenin
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-08-18· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Overton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-12-01· cited 3×
• State v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1984-07-16· cited 1×

Cites

5 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 Ex Rel. West v. Rundle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-01-03· cited 225×
• Commonwealth v. Hill
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 94×
• Samuel L. Julian v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 1956-08-17· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-09-26· cited 3×