Commonwealth v. Hawkins

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that it is the petitioner’s burden to allege and prove the applicability of a timeliness exception
• noting that testimony offered at a public sentencing hearing was a matter of public record ascertainable in the exercise of due diligence
• stating that when a petitioner invokes the governmental interference exception of 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9545(b)(1)(i), the petitioner must demonstrate due diligence in obtaining the facts at issue
• regarding newly-discovered facts related to the investigation into the murder for which Davis was convicted
• petitioner must “plead and prove that the failure to previously raise these claims was the result of interference by government officials”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Albrecht
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-05-27· cited 770×
• Commonwealth v. Edmiston
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-04-24· cited 419×
• Commonwealth v. Stokes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-11-21· cited 263×
• Commonwealth v. Medina
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-05-28· cited 250×
• Commonwealth v. Burton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-08-25· cited 181×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-25· cited 162×
• Commonwealth v. Bomar, A., Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-11-21· cited 147×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-07-20· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. Mattison
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-11-21· cited 83×
• Commonwealth, Aplt v. Williams, T.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-15· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Shannon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-04-24· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Lopez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-08-20· cited 33×
• Com. v. Burton, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-08-25
• Com. v. Myrick, E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-11-08
• Com. v. Grosella, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-01-17
• Commonwealth v. Small, E., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-10-01
• Commonwealth v. Towles, J., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-08-22

Cites

31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-04· cited 10,096×
• Giglio v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 7,003×
• Napue v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1959-06-15· cited 4,234×
• Smith v. Phillips
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 3,512×
• Commonwealth v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-23· cited 1,230×
• Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-02-19· cited 494×
• Commonwealth v. Chester
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-21· cited 452×
• Commonwealth v. Breakiron
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-09-26· cited 323×
• Norton Ex Rel. Chiles v. Mathews
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-29· cited 304×
• Commonwealth v. Lambert
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-10-18· cited 264×
• Commonwealth v. Hawkins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 223×
• Commonwealth v. Hughes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-21· cited 218×
• Commonwealth v. Beasley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-12-09· cited 214×
• County of Allegheny v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-29· cited 187×
• Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-08· cited 180×
• Commonwealth v. Carpenter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-26· cited 146×
• Commonwealth v. Strong
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-11-29· cited 112×
• Jackson v. Walker
  Supreme Court· 1998-04-20· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. Hawkins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 80×