Commonwealth v. Lambert

How courts have described this case

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

• where Commonwealth specifically charged corruption of minors by means of furnishing “dangerous drugs,” the failure to prove that the drugs were dangerous warranted discharge
• \An 'indictment is the star and compass of a criminal trial ... [and it] must be a notification to the defendant of the charge he has to meet.' \
• where Commonwealth charged corrupting the morals of a minor on the basis of defendant’s furnishing minors with drugs, defendant could not be found guilty of corrupting the morals of a minor if he was found not guilty of corresponding drug charges

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Madison
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-02-09· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Jacobs
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-19· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Morgan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-04-12· cited 36×
• United States v. Dontey Tucker
  Third Circuit· 2012-12-21· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Walker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-05-13· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Davison
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-09-27· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Shirey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-05-31· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Taylor
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-14· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Baranyai
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-03-13· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Goodyear
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-09-22· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-04-03· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Wolff
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-19· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Brandrup
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-12-15· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Russell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-12-20· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-04-22· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Nabried
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-23· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. March
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-11-23· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Orzel
  Bucks County Court of Common Pleas· 1984-09-13

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Marlin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-23· cited 89×
• Commonwealth v. Simione
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-04-20· cited 75×
• Commonwealth v. Stroik
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-01-19· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Pope
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-27· cited 9×