Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/21/1979
Commonwealth v. Ferrara
Citations
- 409 A.2d 407
- 487 Pa. 392
- 1979 Pa. LEXIS 751
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- appellants failed to appear for either arraignment or trial; when brought in under warrant for arrest they were held in direct criminal contempt
- appellants’ failure to appear for court constituted direct criminal contempt
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen, Flaherty
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. JacobsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-05-01· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. MaurizioSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-17· cited 22×
- Bruzzi v. BruzziSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-17· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. MoodySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-05-15· cited 19×
- Wagner v. WagnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-19· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-02-03· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. ShawSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-23· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. EdwardsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-12-31· cited 8×
- In Re: Davis, B., Appeal of: Davis, B.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-08-18· cited 7×
- Com. v. Perkins, LSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-04-05· cited 4×
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 732×
- Commonwealth v. RigginsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-08-17· cited 471×
- Commonwealth v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 246×
- In Re MartoranoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. KostkaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-31· cited 109×
- Commonwealth v. CohenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. StricklerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 19×
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