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.

• interpreting 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5947 and determining where legislature granted district attorney sole discretion over immunity, trial court had no discretion or authority to deny prosecutor’s request for grant of immunity
• interpreting 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5947 and determining where legislature granted district attorney sole discretion over immunity, trial court had no discretion or authority to deny prosecutor’s request for grant of immunity
• court has no inherent power to grant immunity from prosecution, which is controlled by statute
• Court may not grant use immunity without consent of prosecutor
• Court may not grant use immunity without consent of prosecutor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bailey v. Tucker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-02-26· cited 180×
• Commonwealth v. Einhorn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-14· cited 136×
• Commonwealth v. Mulholland
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-10-10· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Swinehart
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-29· cited 80×
• Carter v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1996-10-24· cited 56×
• In Re Investigating Grand Jury
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-25· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Munchinski
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-11-30· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Watson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-18· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Stivala
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-07-26· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-04-14· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Stipetich
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-02-09· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Doolin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-06-27· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Parker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. McNeil
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-10-06· cited 5×
• D'Elia v. Pennsylvania Crime Commission
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 5×
• Com. v. Zieglar, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-08-21· cited 4×
• In the Interest of Whaley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-01-31
• Commonwealth v. Parker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-03
• Commonwealth v. Stewart
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2007-01-22

Cites

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

• Kastigar v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 2,510×
• United States v. Michael G. Thevis, Alton Bart Hood, Global Industries, Inc., Anna Jeanette Evans
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-01-11· cited 425×
• Government of the Virgin Islands v. Glen Smith, Elton Rieara, Elvis Smith and Roland Georges
  Third Circuit· 1980-02-05· cited 287×
• Pillsbury Co. v. Conboy
  Supreme Court· 1983-01-11· cited 250×
• United States v. Norman Turkish
  Second Circuit· 1980-05-27· cited 219×
• United States v. Richard P. Herman, United States of America v. James J. McCann in No. 78-1282
  Third Circuit· 1978-12-27· cited 164×
• United States v. Jamiel Alexander Chagra
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-03-03· cited 143×
• United States v. David Lord
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-07-26· cited 137×
• Commonwealth v. Negri
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-09-29· cited 135×
• Schreiber v. Republic Intermodal Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-08· cited 78×
• United States v. Robert H. Gullett (81-1536), Marvin Fox (81-1537)
  Sixth Circuit· 1983-08-31· cited 76×
• United States v. James H. Hunter
  Tenth Circuit· 1982-03-16· cited 66×
• United States v. Gerald N. Klauber
  Fourth Circuit· 1979-11-29· cited 65×
• United States v. Donald Phillip Lenz
  Sixth Circuit· 1980-03-10· cited 63×
• Riccobene Appeal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-07-13· cited 58×
• United States v. Harry Ronald Frans, United States of America v. James J. Arrajj, Jr.
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-01-06· cited 42×
• United States v. Gardner S. Drape
  First Circuit· 1982-01-14· cited 29×
• Kenneth Grochulski v. Robert J. Henderson, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility
  Second Circuit· 1981-02-23· cited 24×
• United States v. Addie Hardrich, A/K/A Addie Donald, Iii, A/K/A Rikky Donald, III
  Eighth Circuit· 1983-05-27· cited 23×
• United States v. Barbara Gottesman
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-02-16· cited 21×