Commonwealth v. Lewis

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a failure to preserve an objection to the exclusion of a potential juror for cause results in waiver of the issue, even under the relaxed waiver rule
• holding that a failure to preserve an objection to the exclusion of a potential juror for cause results in waiver of the issue, even under the relaxed waiver rule
• noting that \[a]lthough waiver of any claim in a capital case appears to be contradictory to the relaxed waiver rules afforded [death penalty] appellants\ claims may be waived, but still considering the merits of the claim
• noting that “[although waiver of any claim in a capital case appears to be contradictory to the relaxed waiver rules afforded [death penalty] appellants” claims may be waived, but still considering the merits of the claim
• “Although waiver of any claim in a capital case appears to be contradictory to the relaxed waiver rules afforded these appellants through Zettlemoyer, the case law of this Commonwealth is clear. This Court has repeatedly held that Witherspoon claims are waivable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Chester
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-20· cited 227×
• Commonwealth v. Baumhammers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-11-20· cited 216×
• Commonwealth v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-30· cited 199×
• Commonwealth v. Baumhammers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-05-27· cited 187×
• Szuchon v. Lehman
  Third Circuit· 2001-11-20· cited 153×
• Commonwealth v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-27· cited 120×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-27· cited 117×
• Lewis v. Horn
  Third Circuit· 2009-09-14· cited 114×
• Banks v. Horn
  Third Circuit· 1997-09-19· cited 86×
• Commonwealth v. Lambert
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-21· cited 81×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-04· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Jasper
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-21· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Philistin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-07-16· cited 14×
• Files v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-08-30· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. O'Kicki
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-08-20· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Croghan
  Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas· 1992-03-26