Commonwealth v. McQuaid

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that incompetent defendants could in certain circumstances have valid speedy trial claims
• “Normally, any delay of trial caused by the incompetency of the defendant is justified because it is necessary for the protection of the defendant’s right to a fair trial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Commitment of Hutchinson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-31· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Hailey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Blaker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-29· cited 24×
• Appeal of Niccoli
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-28· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. C.B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-11-30· cited 19×
• In Re Commitment of Hutchinson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-11· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Green
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Fisher
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-10-12· cited 16×
• In re Chiumento
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-21· cited 11×
• State v. Bias
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-12-10· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Fisher
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-08-29· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Singleton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-29· cited 8×
• State v. Bauer
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-09-05· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Mansberry
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-05· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-11-29· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Kerrigan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-11-02· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. McBurse
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-11-26· cited 5×
• Com. v. CB
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-11-30
• State v. Michael A. Armstrong
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2024-02-16
• Com. v. Nuzzo, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-10-18

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Barker v. Wingo
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-22· cited 12,108×
• Robinson v. California
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 2,369×
• Klopfer v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-13· cited 1,817×
• Jackson v. Indiana
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-07· cited 1,284×
• O'Connor v. Donaldson
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-26· cited 1,231×
• United States v. Ewell
  Supreme Court· 1966-02-23· cited 1,196×
• Baxstrom v. Herold
  Supreme Court· 1966-02-23· cited 762×
• Schmidt v. Lessard
  Supreme Court· 1974-01-14· cited 535×
• Greenwood v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1956-03-05· cited 310×
• Lessard v. Schmidt
  E.D. Wisconsin· 1972-10-18· cited 254×
• Commonwealth v. Hamilton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-22· cited 220×
• Lynch v. Baxley
  M.D. Alabama· 1974-12-14· cited 207×
• In Re John Ballay, A/K/A Figeret Hoxha, Patient
  D.C. Circuit· 1973-05-31· cited 203×
• Commonwealth v. Ware
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-11-20· cited 143×
• Dallas O. Williams v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1957-11-22· cited 107×
• Thomas E. Blunt v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1969-03-10· cited 91×
• Dixon v. Attorney General of Commonwealth of Pa.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1971-04-22· cited 64×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Hilberry v. Maroney
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-03-14· cited 61×
• Commonwealth v. Kennedy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-04· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-04-03· cited 42×