Commonwealth v. Saunders

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the actions of one co-conspirator may be imputed to another conspirator, and that a conspirator is criminally responsible for those actions of his co-conspirator that are accomplished in furtherance of the common design
• stating that “the striking of a number of individuals belonging to some cognizable minority group … is - 10 - J-S65037-17 not dispositive that a violation of Batson has occurred.” (citation and brackets omitted)
• stating, “the striking of a number of individuals belonging to some cognizable minority group… is not dispositive that a violation of Batson has occurred[]”
• finding Rule 1925(b) statement timely under prisoner mailbox rule based on date of proof of service
• finding Rule 1925(b) statement timely under prisoner mailbox rule based on date of proof of service
• finding Rule 1925(b) statement timely under prisoner mailbox rule based on date of proof of service

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Thompson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-10· cited 225×
• Commonwealth v. Chambers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-07-18· cited 72×
• Com. v. Bankhead, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-08-23· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Chambers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-07· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Rashid
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-04-21· cited 13×
• Com. v. Lock, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-06-08· cited 4×
• Saunders v. Tennis
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2010-06-11· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Blakely v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 13,994×
• Commonwealth v. Grazier
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-06-15· cited 1,461×
• Johnson v. California
  Supreme Court· 2005-06-13· cited 1,022×
• Commonwealth v. Washington
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-07-18· cited 593×
• Commonwealth v. Lyons
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-22· cited 520×
• Commonwealth v. Chmiel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-29· cited 431×
• Commonwealth v. Hopkins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-02-23· cited 287×
• Commonwealth v. Rossetti
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-08· cited 129×
• Commonwealth v. Yuhasz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-31· cited 127×
• Commonwealth v. Patterson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-13· cited 107×
• Commonwealth v. Bromley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-29· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. Conklin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-05-24· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Guilford
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-11-01· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Geiger
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-02-26· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Gordon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-28· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Webster
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Calloway
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-15· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Rico
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-27· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Hill
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-08· cited 20×