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.

• observing that the Act does not provide immunity for, inter alia, “any other serious crime not explicitly listed in the Act”
• observing that the Act does not provide immunity for, inter alia, “any other serious crime not explicitly listed in the Act”
• stating that “[a] trial court’s application of a statute is a question of law, . . . our standard of review is plenary[, and] our review is limited to determining whether the trial court committed an error of law”
• noting: “[o]ther conditions on the grant of immunity include a requirement that the reporter provide authorities with her real name, that she stay with the subject of her report, and she cooperate fully with authorities”
• “[C]ourts must give effect to every word [in the statute].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Orozco, J. v. Tecu, N.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-10-13· cited 10×
• Com. v. Marmillion, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-12-13· cited 4×
• State of Maine v. Billy L. Beaulieu
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2025-01-14· cited 3×
• Com. v. Nunez, O.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-08-14· cited 2×
• Com. v. Lehman, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-04-06· cited 1×
• Com. v. South, F.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-08-13· cited 1×
• Com. v. Wilson, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-11-20

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Morris
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-10-01· cited 80×
• Koken v. Reliance Insurance
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-20· cited 79×
• Commonwealth v. Wall
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-20· cited 26×
• Bankers Trust Co. v. Foust
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-03-23· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Carontenuto
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-08-31· cited 10×