Commonwealth v. Dowling

How courts have described this case

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

• articulating concerns of manipulation, delay, and an adverse impact on judicial efficiency when a defendant seeks a late withdrawal of his jury trial waiver
• articulating concerns of manipulation, delay, and an adverse impact on judicial efficiency when a defendant seeks a late withdrawal of his jury trial waiver
• “Applying this holding to the facts presented, we conclude that the trial court was correct in denying [Dowling’s] untimely request to withdraw his jury trial waiver when such request was made after defense counsel and the Commonwealth waived opening arguments[.]”
• trial begins when there is a “substantive first step[,]” i.e. when the court hears motions reserved for trial or when oral arguments commence, and thereafter a jury trial waiver may be not withdrawn pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 621

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Griffith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-02· cited 118×
• Commonwealth v. Phillips
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-05-19· cited 82×
• Commonwealth v. Jemison Jr., D., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-18· cited 78×
• Commonwealth v. El
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-08-20· cited 64×
• State v. Kaulia
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2013-01-04· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Noel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-09-11· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Lennon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-20· cited 5×
• Com. v. Shanholtz, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-04-17· cited 2×
• Com. v. Lopez, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-03-23· cited 1×
• Com. v. Rodriguez, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-05-25
• Commonwealth v. Jordan, G., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-08-17

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Serfass v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1975-03-03· cited 1,194×
• Commonwealth v. Karetny
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-08-15· cited 162×
• In Re Hickson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-04-25· cited 112×
• Commonwealth v. Lamonna
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-03· cited 98×
• Marquez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-05-01· cited 93×
• Commonwealth v. Houck
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-16· cited 36×
• People v. Miller
  New York Supreme Court· 1990-09-24· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-04-20· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-31· cited 2×