Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/16/1973
Commonwealth v. Starr
Citations
- 450 Pa. 485
- 301 A.2d 592
- 1973 Pa. LEXIS 635
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- requiring proof of manifest injustice for post-sentence withdrawal of guilty plea, because a more liberal standard “obviously would be useful as a sentence testing device, and, if permitted with any degree of liberality, would invite abuse”
- motion challenging validity of guilty plea must be filed within 10 days of imposition of sentence
- petitioner must show ‘fair and just’ reason in attempting to withdraw plea before sentencing
- petitioner must show “manifest injustice” in attempting to withdraw plea after sentencing
- petitioner must show \manifest injustice\ in attempting to withdraw plea after sentencing
- determination of manifest injustice lies with trial court in the first instance
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Pomeboy, Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino
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102 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Joseph Nara v. Frederick FrankThird Circuit· 2007-06-12· cited 514×
- Commonwealth v. MuhammadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-01· cited 296×
- Commonwealth v. RobertsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-12-01· cited 175×
- Commonwealth v. ShafferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-17· cited 174×
- Commonwealth v. PrendesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-22· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. Norton, M., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-01-23· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. KpouSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-29· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. LeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 90×
- Commonwealth v. WaymanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-10-03· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. McClendonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-08· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. ZakrzewskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. MinorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. RandolphSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-09-29· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. ByrneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-23· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. SantosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. LeskoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-29· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. SchultzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-07-13· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. BunchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. MartinezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-20· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. CappelliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-01· cited 42×
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1970-05-04· cited 7,191×
- Commonwealth v. ForbesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-01-19· cited 246×
- Commonwealth v. AlvaradoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-04-22· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. ScoleriSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-07-01· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. WardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-18· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-04-22· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. CulbreathSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-04-22· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. DillingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-10-09· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. KontosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-18· cited 4×
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