Commonwealth v. Johnston

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting claim which “is directed at discrediting the same witness, under the same theory, and with the same facts as had occurred during the course of trial[.]”
• “If the petition is determined to be untimely, and no exception has been pled and proven, the petition must be dismissed without a hearing because Pennsylvania courts are without jurisdiction to consider the merits of the petition.”
• “If the petition is determined to be untimely, and no exception has been pled and proven, the petition must be dismissed without a hearing because Pennsylvania courts are without jurisdiction to consider the merits of the petition.”
• “If the petition is determined to be untimely, and no exception has been pled and proven, the petition must be dismissed without a hearing because Pennsylvania courts are without jurisdiction to consider the merits of the petition.”
• “If the petition is determined to be untimely, and no exception has been pled and proven, the petition must be dismissed without a hearing because Pennsylvania courts are without jurisdiction to consider the merits of the petition.”
• “If the petition is determined to be untimely, and no exception has been pled and proven, the petition must be dismissed without a hearing because Pennsylvania courts are without jurisdiction to consider the merits of the petition.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-03-24· cited 192×
• Commonwealth v. Weimer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-07-07· cited 86×
• Com. v. Betts, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-09-15· cited 51×
• Com. v. Williams, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-01-25· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Lambert
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-11-05· cited 19×
• Com. v. Williams, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-10-08· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-08-12· cited 11×
• Com. v. Ramirez-Contreras, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-07-31· cited 9×
• Com. v. Southerland, G.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-12-27
• Commonwealth v. Future
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2015-02-02

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Commonwealth v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-23· cited 1,230×
• Commonwealth v. Fahy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-08-27· cited 1,072×
• Commonwealth v. Carr
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-02-22· cited 670×
• Commonwealth v. Marshall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-05-20· cited 562×
• Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-02-19· cited 494×
• Commonwealth v. Peterkin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-21· cited 447×
• Commonwealth v. Ragan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-31· cited 366×
• Commonwealth v. Lambert
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-10-18· cited 264×
• Commonwealth v. Perrin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-05-01· cited 218×
• Commonwealth v. Beasley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-12-09· cited 214×
• Commonwealth v. Burke
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-10-17· cited 204×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-20· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Geer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-07· cited 37×
• Johnston v. Love
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1996-07-22· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Johnston
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-01-29· cited 1×
• Building Owners & Managers Ass'n v. City of Pittsburgh
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-24· cited 1×