Commonwealth v. Stevenson

How courts have described this case

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

• recusal required where personal insult to judge and no need to proceed summarily
• plurality opinion holding that trial lawyer may be an “officer” within subsection (1)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Marcone
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-01· cited 87×
• In re Dodson
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-03-27· cited 44×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Moody, K.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-10-27· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Bryant
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-19· cited 35×
• Williams v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-08· cited 32×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-10-09· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Falkenhan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-11-15· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Martorano
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-08-17· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Reid
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Moody
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-05-15· cited 19×
• Ewing v. Oliver Realty, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-15· cited 12×
• In Re: Davis, B., Appeal of: Davis, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-08-18· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Restifo
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-21· cited 6×
• Com. v. Meehan, E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-08-13· cited 6×
• Swarrow v. Brasuhn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-11-13· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Collier
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-03· cited 5×
• Matter of Creamer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-08-04· cited 4×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Ivery, B.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-10-27
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Archie, B.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-10-27
• In Re: Order Amedning Rules 140, 141 & 142 of PA Rules of Criminal Procedure
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-01-02

Cites

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

• Ungar v. Sarafite
  Supreme Court· 1964-05-04· cited 1,845×
• Offutt v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1954-11-08· cited 1,331×
• Cooke v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1925-04-13· cited 880×
• Thompson v. City of Louisville
  Supreme Court· 1960-03-21· cited 801×
• Mayberry v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1971-01-20· cited 732×
• Taylor v. Hayes
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-26· cited 663×
• Ex Parte Terry
  Supreme Court· 1888-11-12· cited 567×
• Sacher v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1952-04-21· cited 462×
• United States v. Wilson
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-19· cited 308×
• United States v. Bobby G. Seale
  Seventh Circuit· 1972-07-06· cited 231×
• Johnson v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-14· cited 208×
• Groppi v. Leslie
  Supreme Court· 1972-01-13· cited 205×
• In Re Little
  Supreme Court· 1972-01-24· cited 176×
• Eaton v. City of Tulsa
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-25· cited 161×
• In Re Martorano
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 148×
• Cammer v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1956-03-12· cited 133×
• In Re Buckley
  California Supreme Court· 1973-10-19· cited 103×
• Commonwealth v. Garrison
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-05-05· cited 99×
• Holt v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1965-05-17· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Africa
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 89×