Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/3/2007
Commonwealth v. Rivera
Citations
- 939 A.2d 355
- 2007 Pa. Super. 361
- 2007 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3931
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- holding that defendant complied with promptness requirement of Rule 720(C) by filing within three weeks of publication of after-discovered evidence and “immediately” after its discovery
- concluding that “procedure demands that the lower court develop the record and make [a] call in the first instance” on whether after-discovered evidence warrants a new trial
- reiterating that after-discovered evidence may not be used solely for purposes of - 23 - J-A05019-21 impeachment
- remanding for an evidentiary hearing based on claim of after-discovered evidence first raised on appeal
- finding it unlikely that appellant could have discovered criminal activity of witness prior to exposure in news article
- vacating judgment of sentence, remanding for evidentiary hearing regarding, inter alia, after-discovered evidence, and instructing trial court to re-impose judgment of sentence if new trial was not required
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Judges: Daniels, Musmanno, Panella
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-17· cited 328×
- Commonwealth v. PadillasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-06-11· cited 248×
- Commonwealth v. CastroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-06-16· cited 184×
- Commonwealth v. EsteppSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-18· cited 175×
- Commonwealth v. HeasterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-09-18· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. SotoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-10-16· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-23· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. PerrinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-12· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. PerrinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-01-03· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. CastroSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-10-05· cited 9×
- Com. v. Mach Transport, LLCSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-10-13· cited 6×
- Com. v. Hereford, I.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-04-08· cited 1×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 1,205×
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles J. SANCHEZ, Jr., Defendant-AppellantNinth Circuit· 1999-06-01· cited 176×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-09-30· cited 169×
- Commonwealth v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 107×
- Commonwealth v. DennisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-22· cited 99×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-04· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. KohanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-23· cited 32×
- United States v. UrieNinth Circuit· 2006-05-30· cited 2×
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