Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/23/1974
Commonwealth v. Marshall
Citations
- 456 Pa. 313
- 318 A.2d 724
- 1974 Pa. LEXIS 530
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- stating that it would be contradictory to argue that a defendant may be incompetent, and yet knowingly and intelligently waive his right to have the court determine his capacity to stand trial
- stating that it would be contradictory to argue that a defendant may be incompetent, and yet knowingly and intelligently waive his right to have the court determine his capacity to stand trial
- finding no waiver where counsel failed to raise appellant’s mental competency prior to or during trial
- remand to the trial court to hold a retrospective hearing to determine whether defendant was competent to stand trial
- remand to the trial court to hold a retrospective hearing to determine whether defendant was competent to stand trial
- Supreme Court remanded for evidentiary hearing where second and third psychiatric examinations, eight months before and one month after second trial, raised serious doubts about appellant’s competency
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Judges: Manderino, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Mandarino, Jones, Nix
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Joseph Nara v. Frederick FrankThird Circuit· 2007-06-12· cited 514×
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-17· cited 226×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-07-06· cited 149×
- Commonwealth v. UderraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-21· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. AppelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-28· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. CrewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-22· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. TysonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-31· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. LoganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-18· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. GiknisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. McQuaidSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. KnightSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-14· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. EdwardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-08-20· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-20· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. GarnettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-14· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. MegellaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-08-03· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-04· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. FetznerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-21· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. HazurSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-29· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. FernandezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-01· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 6×
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