Commonwealth v. Field

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that our courts have looked to the provisions of section 102 in determining the proper county in which a criminal trial should take place
• stating that our courts have looked to the provisions of section 102 in determining the proper county in which a criminal trial should take place
• stating that, while not constitutionally prohibited, “trial outside the county [where the offense occurred] is a mechanism which must be used sparingly, to prohibit dragging the accused all over the [C]ommonwealth….” (citation omitted)
• noting that the specific provision in section 102(c), which permits trial in the county where the victim is found, overrides the general rule that trial is proper only in the county where the criminal conduct occurred
• noting that the specific provision in section 102(c), which permits trial in the county where the victim is found, overrides the general rule that trial is proper only in the county where the criminal conduct occurred

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Graham
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-09-24· cited 4×
• Com. v. Graham, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-09-24

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Bighum
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 319×
• Commonwealth v. McPhail
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-01· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Guess
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-25· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Duden
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-16· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Bradfield
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-05-02· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Kirkland
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-08-28· cited 3×