Commonwealth v. Hilliard

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the trial court cannot determine credibility at the preliminary hearing
• stating, “the evidentiary sufficiency, or lack thereof, of the Commonwealth's prima facie case for a charged crime is a question of law”
• finding the date order was filed on docket controlled appeal period, rather than date court issued order and mailed it to parties
• addressing the Commonwealth’s burden of proof at the preliminary hearing stage
• “Any conflicts or discrepancies in the evidence, which are questions regarding the weight and credibility of evidence, must be resolved by the fact-finder at trial.”
• at preliminary hearing, evidence of each of material elements of crime charged must be considered in light most favorable to Commonwealth so that inferences that would support guilty verdict are given effect

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Karner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-07-20· cited 18×
• Com. v. Little, Z.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-10-13· cited 10×
• Com. v. Smith, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-06-10· cited 9×
• Com. v. Lambert, G.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-12-24· cited 5×
• Com. v. Perez, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-09-30· cited 1×
• Com. v. Perez, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-10-07· cited 1×
• Com. v. Predmore, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-11-27
• Com. v. Black, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-09-11
• Com. v. Walsh, E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-03-16

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• Commonwealth v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-26· cited 251×
• Commonwealth v. Karetny
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-08-15· cited 162×
• Commonwealth v. Huggins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-19· cited 148×
• Commonwealth v. Gray
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-20· cited 142×
• Commonwealth v. Dantzler
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-03-09· cited 121×
• Commonwealth v. Randolph
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-05-16· cited 118×
• Commonwealth v. Pepe
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-08· cited 115×
• Commonwealth v. Santos
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-20· cited 105×
• Commonwealth v. Landis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-06-26· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Keller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-05· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Weigle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-03-24· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Ricker, D.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-04-18· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Heckman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-04-15· cited 5×