Commonwealth v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that severance of two informations was not reviewable under Rule 311(d)
• concluding there was a “break in the chain of events” between a theft and a murder that occurred more than a day and ten miles apart from the theft
• holding order granting severance order was interlocutory and not appealable by Commonwealth, as order did not substantially handicap prosecution, which was still able to seek convictions on charges, albeit in two separate proceedings
• reaffirming holding in Commonwealth v. Bosurgi, 411 Pa. 56, 190 A.2d 304 (1963), cert. denied, 375 U.S. 910, 84 S.Ct. 204, 11 L.Ed.2d 149 (1963), that an appeal from a suppression order, although interlocutory, is a right enjoyed by the Commonwealth
• reaffirming holding in Commonwealth v. Bosurgi, 411 Pa. 56, 190 A.2d 304 (1963), cert. denied, 375 U.S. 910, 84 S.Ct. 204, 11 L.Ed.2d 149 (1963), that an appeal from a suppression order, although interlocutory, is a right enjoyed by the Commonwealth

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Rosario
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-06· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Redmond
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-21· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Woodard
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-03-15· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. White
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-02-25· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. De Marco
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-26· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Luddy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-24· cited 2×
• Com. v. DeMarco
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-26

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Bosurgi
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-04-16· cited 463×
• Commonwealth v. Dugger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-09· cited 417×
• Commonwealth v. Lark
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-20· cited 330×
• Commonwealth v. Saunders
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Barkley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-09· cited 5×