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 appellant Smith waived a suppression by failing to raise that claim at his suppression hearing or include it in his statement of matters complained of on appeal
• whether waiver of Miranda rights was knowing, voluntary, and intelligent depends upon the totality of circumstances surrounding the interrogation
• whether waiver of Miranda rights was knowing, voluntary, and intelligent depends upon the totality of circumstances surrounding the interrogation
• stating challenge to legality of sentence unwaivable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Rivera, W.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-08-25· cited 165×
• Com. v. Ganjeh, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-08-15· cited 25×
• In the Interest of: N.M. Appeal of: N.M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-10-31· cited 11×
• Com. v. Phillips, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-11-15
• Com. v. Reich, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-06-24

Cites

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

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Miller v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-25· cited 6,816×
• Graham v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 2010-05-17· cited 3,477×
• Commonwealth v. Batts, Q., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-06-26· cited 293×
• Commonwealth v. Hughes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-13· cited 237×
• Commonwealth v. Nester
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-03-25· cited 199×
• Commonwealth v. Knox
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-07-16· cited 172×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 156×
• Commonwealth v. Lawrence
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-27· cited 136×
• Commonwealth v. Foust
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-21· cited 118×
• Commonwealth v. Fogan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-17· cited 104×
• Commonwealth v. Brooker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-09-23· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Ehrsam
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-09· cited 57×
• In the Interest of T.B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-10-26· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Olds
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-07-03· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. WEEDEN
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Crosby
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Cephas
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-04· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Roberts
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-03-31· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2013-01-22· cited 13×