Commonwealth v. Sullivan

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that driving in wrong direction on off-ramp constitutes tangible indicia of unsafe driving
• upholding convictions of REAP and simple assault, and concluding evidence was sufficient to establish the appellant’s recklessness where the appellant “drove an unfamiliar route while intoxicated and proceeded to drive a quarter mile in the wrong direction on an off-ramp”
• Defendant’s actions while driving intoxicated when accompanied by other tangible indicia of unsafe driving supported convictions for REAP
• weight claim waived where appellant argued weight and sufficiency but did not distinguish between them
• mens rea of recklessness satisfied where intoxicated driver drove a quarter mile in the wrong direction on a highway off-ramp
• Defendant’s actions while driving intoxicated when accompanied by other tangible indicia of unsafe driving supported convictions for REAP

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Hutchins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-27· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Wall
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-10· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Schmohl
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-05-26· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Jeter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-08· cited 24×
• Com. v. Vela-Garrett, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-04-23· cited 20×
• Com. v. Banks, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-05-13· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Brettman
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-02-06
• Commonwealth v. Urbina-Nevarez
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-02-27
• Commonwealth v. Lopez
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-12-15

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Kling
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-05-07· cited 72×
• Commonwealth v. Feathers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-31· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Mastromatteo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-09· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Mercado
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-27· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Ketterer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-02-17· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Eichelberger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-23· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Long
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-26· cited 13×