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.

• recognizing that the ongoing waiver rule created in Phillips applies only where the trial court has conducted an adequate on-the-record colloquy
• holding that “this Court has a duty to review whether [Johnson] properly waived his right to counsel prior to his suppression hearing even though [Johnson] has not asserted this issue on appeal”
• holding that “this Court has a duty to review whether [Johnson] properly waived his right to counsel prior to his suppression hearing even though [Johnson] has not asserted this issue on appeal”
• explaining that a criminal defendant has a right to counsel at all critical stages of criminal proceedings, and sentencing is a critical stage
• explaining that a criminal defendant has a right to counsel at all critical stages of criminal proceedings
• stating that this Court must review whether the appellant properly waived the right to counsel prior to reviewing suppression claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Fill
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-01-04· cited 20×
• Com. v. Forrester-Westad, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-09-01· cited 1×
• Com. v. Murphy, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-07-08
• Com. v. Floyd, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-12-16

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
• Commonwealth v. Colavita
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-04-29· cited 319×
• Commonwealth v. Stossel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-04-12· cited 184×
• Steiner v. Markel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-04-29· cited 143×
• In the Int. of: X.J. Appeal of: D.A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-11-20· cited 143×
• Commonwealth v. Davido
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-02-25· cited 114×
• Commonwealth v. Phillips
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-05-19· cited 82×
• Commonwealth v. Phillips
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-06-05· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Payson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-08· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Houtz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-07-28· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Monica
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-07· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-07-22· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Norman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-12-29· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. McCoy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-07-21· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Clyburn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-27· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-08-12· cited 14×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Clinger v. Russell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-09-16· cited 12×