Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/8/1976
Commonwealth v. Hughes
Citations
- 364 A.2d 306
- 468 Pa. 502
- 1976 Pa. LEXIS 709
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that the Court would “only consider the constitutional challenge that was properly before the court, i.e., the challenge to Section 3302(b)”
- order quashing some, but not all, of charges against defendant was immediately appealable
- courts may not raise an issue sua sponte
- courts may not raise issues sua sponte
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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino
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42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. KaretnySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-08-15· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. DavidsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-20· cited 148×
- Gavin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-09-26· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. SantosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-20· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. MikitiukSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-06-20· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. BingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-05-19· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. PottsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-29· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. ShearerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-09-15· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. BaroneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-25· cited 40×
- White v. Conestoga Title InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-08-20· cited 40×
- State v. WoodruffCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-10-09· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. ScatenaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-25· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. DodgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-05-15· cited 23×
- Miller v. Commonwealth, State Employees' Retirement BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-03-13· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. WoodardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-03-15· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. FinneganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-26· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. ScatenaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-20· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. BuntingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-20· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. SalamoneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-04-10· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. PossingerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-16· cited 13×
Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 4,586×
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 4,338×
- Colten v. KentuckySupreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 1,156×
- United States v. MazurieSupreme Court· 1975-01-21· cited 1,043×
- Commonwealth v. CampanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-04· cited 340×
- Commonwealth v. CampanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-01-24· cited 306×
- Wiegand v. WiegandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 274×
- Commonwealth v. HeinbaughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-22· cited 155×
- Pennsylvania v. CampanaSupreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 76×
- Benson v. Penn Central Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-07· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. PetermanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-08-06· cited 58×
- Robinson Township School District v. HoughtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-12-29· cited 56×
- Phillips Home Furnishings, Inc. v. Continental BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-04-07· cited 47×
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