Commonwealth v. Kelly

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• reaffirming that trial judge may declare mistrial sua sponte only on the basis of manifest necessity
• reaffirming that trial judge may declare mistrial sua sponte only on the basis of manifest necessity
• “It is within a trial judge’s discretion to declare a mistrial sua sponte upon the showing of manifest necessity, and absent an abuse of that discretion, we will not disturb his or her decision.”

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Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Tejeda
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-09· cited 67×
• Ex Parte Fierro
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-06-26· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Walker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-08-07· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Lettau
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-10· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Cornelius
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-03-07· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Baldwin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-04-10· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Cobb
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-09-07· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Hoovler
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-08-03· cited 2×
• Com. v. Kennedy, J., Jr.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-08-27· cited 1×
• State v. Leon-Simaj
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2018-06-22
• Com. v. Adams, L. Jr.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-01-08
• Com. v. Boyer, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-10-17