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.

• noting that for purposes of a criminal case, a plea of nolo contendere is equivalent to a plea of guilty
• stating that “as with a guilty plea, in order for a defendant to prevail on a post sentence motion to withdraw a plea of nolo contendere, requires that the defendant demonstrate manifest injustice”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Moser
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-07-08· cited 103×
• United States v. Shawn L. Poellnitz
  Third Circuit· 2004-06-25· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. V.G.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-11-16· cited 51×
• Commonwealth v. Heilman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-01· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Kepner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-30· cited 8×
• Com. v. VG
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-11-16
• United States v. Poellnitz
  Third Circuit· 2004-06-25

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• North Carolina v. Alford
  Supreme Court· 1970-11-23· cited 9,465×
• Commonwealth v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-05-25· cited 279×
• Commonwealth v. Shaffer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-17· cited 174×
• Commonwealth v. Myers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-26· cited 79×
• Commonwealth v. Miller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-13· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Boatwright
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-24· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Boyd
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-15· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Jefferson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-05-11· cited 11×