Commonwealth v. Spotz

How courts have described this case

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

• no right to hybrid representation; pro se briefs and motions filed by counseled defendant’s are not typically considered
• “Pennsylvania has a policy against ‘hybrid’ representation, that is, we typically do not consider the merits of pro se briefs or motions filed by counseled defendants.”
• Single Justice Opinion on Post-Decision al Motions by Castille, C.J.
• Single Justice Opinion on Post-Decisional Motions by Castille, C.J.
• Single Justice Opinion on Post-Decisional Motions by Castille, C.J.
• Single Justice Opinion on Post-Decisional Motions by Castille, C.J.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Blakeney
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-29· cited 395×
• Commonwealth v. Spotz, M., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-18· cited 262×
• Commonwealth v. Eichinger, J., Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-31· cited 169×
• Proceeding before the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia v. Johnson
  Third Circuit· 2015-06-12· cited 112×
• Commonwealth v. Davido, T., Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-15· cited 76×
• Commonwealth, Aplt v. Williams, T.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-15· cited 54×
• In Re: Commonwealth's Motion v.
  Third Circuit· 2015-06-12

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Jones v. Barnes
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-05· cited 7,925×
• Miller v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-25· cited 6,816×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Cullen v. Pinholster
  Supreme Court· 2011-04-04· cited 5,931×
• McMann v. Richardson
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-04· cited 5,113×
• Martinez v. Ryan
  Supreme Court· 2012-03-20· cited 4,115×
• Knowles v. Mirzayance
  Supreme Court· 2009-03-24· cited 2,888×
• Roe v. Flores-Ortega
  Supreme Court· 2000-02-23· cited 2,810×
• McCoy v. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District 1
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,718×
• Keeney v. Tamayo-Reyes
  Supreme Court· 1992-05-04· cited 1,094×
• Commonwealth v. Spotz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-04-29· cited 764×
• Commonwealth v. Holmes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 731×
• Commonwealth v. Ali
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-12-29· cited 675×
• Commonwealth v. Chmiel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-09· cited 553×
• Harbison v. Bell
  Supreme Court· 2009-04-01· cited 531×
• Bobby v. Van Hook
  Supreme Court· 2009-11-09· cited 514×
• Commonwealth v. Roney
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 496×
• Commonwealth v. Edmiston
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-04-24· cited 419×