Commonwealth v. Landis

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “it is inappropriate for the trial court to make credibility determinations in deciding whether the Commonwealth established a prima facie case.”
• “[T]he prima facie case merely requires evidence of the existence of each element of the crime charged. . . . The weight and credibility of the evidence is not a factor at this stage.” (cleaned up)
• “[T]he prima facie case merely requires evidence of the existence of each element of the crime charged. . . . The weight and credibility of the evidence is not a factor at this stage.” (cleaned up)
• “[T]he prima facie case merely requires evidence of the existence of each element of the crime charged. . . . The weight and credibility of the evidence is not a factor at this stage.” (cleaned up)
• internal brackets, ellipses, and some citations and quotation marks omitted; citations altered

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Martuscelli
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-10-04· cited 159×
• Commonwealth v. Claffey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-06-25· cited 77×
• Commonwealth v. Hilliard
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-08-31· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Black
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-13· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Mitchell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-08· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. McCullough
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-27· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Heckman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-04-15· cited 5×
• Com. v. Lambert, G.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-12-24· cited 5×
• In Re: Private Criminal Complaint
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-02-28· cited 5×
• Com. v. Perez, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-09-30· cited 1×
• Com. v. Perez, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-10-07· cited 1×
• Com. v. Predmore, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-11-27
• Com. v. Martz, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-05-27
• Commonwealth v. Pal
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2013-11-27
• Commonwealth v. Feerrar
  Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas· 2014-05-30
• Com. v. Landis, W.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-05-26
• In the Int. of: J.C.N., a Minor
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-03-06

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Alexander
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 198×
• Commonwealth v. Holley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-03-19· cited 162×
• Commonwealth v. McBride
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-08-01· cited 135×
• Commonwealth v. Matthew
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-22· cited 129×
• Commonwealth v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-18· cited 118×
• Commonwealth v. Emler
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-07-21· cited 115×
• Commonwealth v. Alford
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-07-26· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Patrick
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-09-24· cited 60×
• Commonwealth v. Anderson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-03-19· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Fox
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-01-14· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Rosado
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-11· cited 33×
• Mohamed v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-03-26· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Fletcher
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-04· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Hendricks
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-06-18· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Winger
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-12· cited 15×