Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/23/1991
Commonwealth v. Edwards
Citations
- 595 A.2d 52
- 528 Pa. 103
- 1991 Pa. LEXIS 161
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that the Commonwealth’s intentional or negligent failure to provide discovery amounted to a lack of due diligence which justified dismissal of the defendant’s case
- finding a lack of prosecutorial due diligence, for purposes of the prompt trial rule, where the Commonwealth did not take reasonable steps to ensure the presence of essential witnesses at trial
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy, McDermott
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20 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. PrestonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-07-13· cited 536×
- Commonwealth v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-08-17· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. BraykovichSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-08· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. MatisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-02-24· cited 109×
- Commonwealth v. MeadiusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-29· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. DennisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-20· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-12-21· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. StilleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-09· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-27· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. VeselSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-04-27· cited 16×
- In the Interest of WilksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-08-13· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. WallaceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-07-25· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. LewisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-07-24· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. JeffersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-11-10· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. ZaslowSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-01-26· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. NesmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-05-13· cited 6×
- Taylor v. SteeleE.D. Missouri· 2019-03-31· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. TorresSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-11-10· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-16· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. Harth, K., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-06-22
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-08· cited 277×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-28· cited 191×
- Commonwealth v. EhredtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-01· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. WadeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-01· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. MillhouseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-20· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. MillhouseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-29· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. LopezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-19· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. FuchsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-19· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. AlstonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-04-20· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. MillhouseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. MontevecchioSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-06· cited 3×
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