Commonwealth v. Powell

How courts have described this case

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

• “Where it will result in the attainment of justice, a trial court may grant a new trial without the initiation of the defendant.”
• A trial court may rectify errors \in the interest of justice\ which would otherwise result in unfairness.
• “[I]f a trial court determines that the process has been unfair or prejudicial … it may, in the exercise of its discretionary powers, grant a new trial ‘in the interest of justice.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

49 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Widmer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-20· cited 1,854×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-06· cited 387×
• Paden v. Baker Concrete Construction, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-16· cited 155×
• Commonwealth v. Clark
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-02· cited 143×
• Armbruster v. Horowitz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. McAleer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-24· cited 73×
• Moran v. Moran
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-25· cited 71×
• Commonwealth v. Murray
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-13· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Zook
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-11-28· cited 60×
• Commonwealth v. Chopak
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-30· cited 56×
• Armbruster v. Horowitz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-12-29· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Hernandez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-22· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Blystone
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-19· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Riley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-09· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Gray
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-09-05· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Micklos
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-28· cited 38×
• Pittman v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-01-08· cited 38×
• Espenshade v. Espenshade
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-05-06· cited 34×
• Myers v. Myers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-10· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Myers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-23· cited 29×

Cites

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

• Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.
  Supreme Court· 1944-02-14· cited 904×
• United States v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1947-06-02· cited 257×
• Thompson v. City of Philadelphia
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-04· cited 206×
• United States v. Narciso
  E.D. Michigan· 1977-12-19· cited 167×
• Commonwealth v. Goldhammer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-19· cited 148×
• Commonwealth v. Myma
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1924-01-07· cited 138×
• Commonwealth v. Pronkoskie
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-26· cited 118×
• Bellettiere v. Philadelphia
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-06-27· cited 91×
• Commonwealth v. Melton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-03-13· cited 79×
• Budget Laundry Co. v. MUNTER
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-12-19· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Hinchcliffe
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Kennedy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-04· cited 57×
• Beal v. Reading Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-04-01· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Bunch
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Hartman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-01-04· cited 42×
• MacKarus Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-10-03· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Sliva
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-11-10· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Wideman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Ross
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 35×
• Lambert v. Durallium Products Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-03-20· cited 33×