Commonwealth v. Tennison

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that while a clear assertion of innocence constitutes a “fair and just reason,” a conditional and contradictory assertion of innocence does not
• indicating that “a fair and just reason has to be a credible reason”
• “Appellant’s conditional assertion of innocence — invoked at the prospect of being sentenced, withdrawn at the prospect of receiving yet another continuance — was anything but clear.”
• a mere assertion of innocence does not divest a judge of the discretion to weigh its sincerity according to the totality of the circumstances known to the judge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Carrasquillo, J.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-06-15· cited 260×
• Commonwealth v. Islas
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-02-24· cited 111×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Hvizda, J.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-06-15· cited 90×
• Commonwealth v. Gordy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-19· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. Katonka
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-10-19· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Unangst
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-18· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Carrasquillo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-08· cited 15×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Grant
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 1,205×
• Commonwealth v. Forbes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-01-19· cited 246×
• Commonwealth v. Randolph
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-09-29· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Michael
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-07-20· cited 48×