Commonwealth v. Madison

How courts have described this case

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

• “There is no prophylactic rule which requires that a defendant be informed of all the procedural steps which come into play after he knowingly and voluntarily relinquishes his right to be tried by a jury.”
• “In order to sustain a verdict of First Degree Murder, the evidence must establish that the defendant, with specific intent to kill, and absent legal excuse or justification, caused the death of another person.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Holmes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-10· cited 126×
• Commonwealth v. Mathis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-22· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Stasiak
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-08· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Cadogan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-04-02· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Golinsky
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-21· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Ponder
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-01-20· cited 2×
• Corey Kendig v. Nicholas Stolar
  Third Circuit· 2026-04-28

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 193×
• Commonwealth v. Minnich
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-09-22· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Carey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-06-24· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Ridgely
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-11-22· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Alston
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-26· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Padgett
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-11-24· cited 23×