Commonwealth v. Parker

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that this Court may consider the issue of jurisdiction sua sponte
• reiterating that an appellate court may consider the issue of jurisdiction at any time
• stating that “[a] court may consider the issue of jurisdiction sua sponte”
• stating that appellate courts may raise jurisdictional issues sua sponte
• “The general rule in criminal cases is that a defendant may appeal only from a final judgment of sentence, and an appeal from any prior order or judgment will be quashed.”
• \A court may consider the issue of jurisdiction sua sponte .\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Pi Delta Psi, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-05-23· cited 113×
• In re K.J.H.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-20· cited 92×
• Commonwealth v. Culsoir
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-05-06· cited 48×
• Com. v. Harris, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-01-03· cited 20×
• Com. v. Cross, P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-06-07· cited 11×
• In Re: K.J.H., a Minor
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-20
• Adoption of K.M.G., Appeal of: T.L.G.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-09-13
• K. H. v. DHS
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-04-02
• Com. v. Torres, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-11-19
• Com. v. Loughran, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-11-26

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Ben v. Schwartz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-21· cited 216×
• Commonwealth v. Ivy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-08-19· cited 137×
• Melvin v. Doe
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-19· cited 133×
• Commonwealth v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-23· cited 112×
• Commonwealth v. Minich
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-04-21· cited 107×
• Commonwealth v. Grove
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-08-31· cited 98×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-19· cited 83×
• Commonwealth v. Kennedy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-21· cited 77×
• Commonwealth v. Blystone
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-07-20· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-06-09· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Wells
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-01· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Rosario
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-06· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Sabula
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-06-18· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Rosario
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-10-27· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Reading Group Two Properties, Inc.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-04· cited 7×