Commonwealth v. Leach

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that “[e]ach stalking, including the first, is a certifiable count, capable of sustaining a separate conviction and sentence”
• stating that a course of conduct can be established by a repetitive pattern of behavior
• stating that harassment is a lesser-included offense of stalking, as “the same conduct which amounts to harassment, ‘if committed repeatedly with the intent to place the victim in fear of bodily injury or cause substantial emotional distress would rise to the level of stalking’”
• the same conduct which amounts to harassment, if committed repeatedly under circumstances that demonstrate intent to place a person in fear of bodily injury or cause substantial emotional distress, would rise to the level of stalking

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Kelly
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-24· cited 71×
• Commonwealth v. Ostrosky
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-22· cited 60×
• Com. v. Coniker, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-02-15· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-02-26· cited 2×
• Com. v. Cruz, A., II
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-11-26

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Urrutia
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-27· cited 121×
• Commonwealth v. Philipp
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-14· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Reese
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-21· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Roefaro
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-03-14· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Schierscher
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-30· cited 14×