Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/20/1971
Commonwealth v. Ferguson
Citations
- 446 Pa. 24
- 285 A.2d 189
- 1971 Pa. LEXIS 596
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \court could even have sent the jury home early for the day until more was known about [essential witness's] health\
- \court could even have sent the jury home early for the day until more was known about [essential witness's] health\
- mistrial based on illness of prosecution witness should not have been granted without definite diagnosis by the witness' physician
- mistrial based on illness of prosecution witness should not have been granted without definite diagnosis by the witness' physician
- no manifest necessity where key witness to robbery reportedly was ill and unavailable to testify; granting a continuance a better alternative so that severity of illness could be determined
- no manifest necessity where key witness to robbery reportedly was ill and unavailable to testify; granting a continuance a better alternative so that severity of illness could be determined
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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Egberts, Pomeroy, Bell, Barbieri
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33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. ShafferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-03-20· cited 213×
- Commonwealth v. RobsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. BartolomucciSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. StewartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. MonteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-11-22· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. PetersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-03· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. DiehlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-18· cited 43×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Walton v. AytchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. CulpepperSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-16· cited 35×
- State v. DunnsNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1993-07-07· cited 32×
- In Re Mark R.Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-09-03· cited 32×
- United States v. Dennis Eugene TinneyThird Circuit· 1973-03-02· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. LeisterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-05-21· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. LauriaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-12-19· cited 20×
- Cohens v. ElwellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-06-09· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. MeekinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-11· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. BalogSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-06-19· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. BradleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-02· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. CarsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-20· cited 12×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 4,063×
- United States v. JornSupreme Court· 1971-01-25· cited 2,215×
- United States v. PerezSupreme Court· 1824-03-23· cited 1,814×
- Downum v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1963-04-22· cited 985×
- Commonwealth v. RichbourgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-18· cited 30×
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