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.

• habeas corpus may not be used to litigate claims that “may be raised in post-trial motions, on direct appeal, or litigated pursuant to statutory post-conviction provisions, i.e., the PCRA”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Failor
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-04-18· cited 47×
• Holman v. Gillis
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1999-07-21· cited 12×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Landgraf v. USI Film Products
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-26· cited 4,825×
• Pennsylvania v. Finley
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-18· cited 3,807×
• Weaver v. Graham
  Supreme Court· 1981-02-24· cited 2,482×
• Miller v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-09· cited 1,316×
• Commonwealth v. Peterkin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-21· cited 447×
• Commonwealth v. Alcorn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-12-17· cited 132×
• Commonwealth v. Young
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-05· cited 105×
• Commonwealth v. Beasley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-06-18· cited 80×
• Commonwealth v. Thomas
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-09-16· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Wolfe
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-04-15· cited 34×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Dugan v. Day
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-03-26· cited 7×