Commonwealth v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a question that does not suggest an answer is not a leading question because a leading question \puts the desired answer in the mouth of the witness\
• noting failure to provide adequate “statement of reasons for the sentence imposed is reversible error requiring resentencing”
• a person must be given Miranda warnings prior to custodial interrogation by police

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of Iowa v. Tina Lynn Thacker
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2015-04-17· cited 217×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-06-27· cited 184×
• Commonwealth v. Lambert
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-12-18· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Mannion
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-02-05· cited 93×
• Commonwealth v. Turner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-09· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Ingram
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-22· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Hoffman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-18· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Egan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-06-21· cited 30×
• Katz v. St. Mary Hospital
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-01-28· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Santiago
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-06-27· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Postell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-07· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Smicklo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-05· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. McHugh
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-04-08· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Morris
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-07· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Oppel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-06-13· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Hollihan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-09-28· cited 2×
• Amended June 24, 2015 State of Iowa v. Tina Lynn Thacker
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2015-04-17
• Commonwealth v. McHugh
  Delaware County Court of Common Pleas· 1991-05-29

Cites

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

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-10· cited 739×
• Commonwealth v. Riggins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-08-17· cited 471×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 163×
• Commonwealth v. Sessoms
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-07· cited 159×
• Commonwealth v. Simala
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-04-23· cited 115×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-08· cited 92×
• Commonwealth v. Dreibelbis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-03-13· cited 91×
• Commonwealth v. Beasley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-18· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Royer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-27· cited 83×
• Commonwealth v. Sites
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Brantner
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-01· cited 51×
• Commonwealth v. Bell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-19· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Flynn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-20· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-08-27· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. McCall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-10-21· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Olitsky
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-06-11· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Eckert
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-12-15· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Peppers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-30· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Whitley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-16· cited 17×