Commonwealth v. Ross

How courts have described this case

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

• procedures that violate defendant’s constitutional rights are ultimately inefficient because they “give[] rise only to unnecessary appeals to this Court and unnecessary proceedings in the trial court”
• abuse of discretion to refuse continuance where defendant was forced to trial with defense counsel who had inadequate time to prepare
• abuse of discretion to refuse continuance where defendant was forced to trial with defense counsel who had inadequate time to prepare

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Thomas
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-30· cited 123×
• Commonwealth v. Randolph
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-05-16· cited 118×
• Commonwealth v. Powell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-01· cited 93×
• Commonwealth v. McAleer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-24· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Prysock
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-04-21· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Gardner
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Lore
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-21· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Andrews
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-24· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Hagans
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Fleming
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-03· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Scheps
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-24· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Pantano
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-12· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Egan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-18· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Flynn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-29· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Carroll
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-29· cited 7×
• Triangle Pacific Philadelphia Corp. v. Trident Enterprises, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-27· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Flynn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-02-19· cited 5×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States of America Ex Rel. Harry E. Carey v. A. T. Rundle, Supt.
  Third Circuit· 1969-04-18· cited 177×
• Commonwealth v. DiPasquale
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-10-03· cited 67×
• Budget Laundry Co. v. MUNTER
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-12-19· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Simpson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-09-15· cited 64×
• United States Ex Rel. Robert Baskerville v. John T. Deegan, Warden of Auburn State Prison
  Second Circuit· 1970-06-17· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Velasquez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-03-20· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Minifield
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 27×