Commonwealth v. Joseph

How courts have described this case

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

• finding illegal indefinitely suspended sentence because it contained no explicit provision for continued court supervision
• characterizing a challenge to the imposition of a suspended sentence as a legality of sentencing issue where there is no statutory authority for such a sentence
• court properly “instructed the jurors that the lawyers’ statements were not to be considered testimony or evidence . . . .”
• “the inquiry focuses on the conduct of police, not the predisposition of the defendant.”
• “the inquiry focuses on the conduct of police, not the predisposition of the defendant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Sasse
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-04-05· cited 39×
• Com. v. Whitmire, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-07-28· cited 10×
• Barcola v. Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn P.C.
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2006-12-29· cited 2×
• Thompson v. Thompson Apl of: Clarion Dom. Rel.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-01-22
• Commonwealth v. Krause
  Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas· 2008-07-07

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sherman v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1958-05-19· cited 1,587×
• Commonwealth v. Faulkner
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-16· cited 106×
• Commonwealth v. Nolen
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-22· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Duff
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-05-27· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Demarco
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-23· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Weiskerger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-01-30· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Lebo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-20· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Ferrier
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-09· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Harrison
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-02· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Hamilton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-08· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Khorey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-11-01· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-01-05· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Phillips
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-16· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Duffy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-08-02· cited 5×