Commonwealth v. Walker

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[t]his Court is an error correcting court; it is not an error-finding court”
• affirming a trial court’s declaration of mistrial after consideration of less drastic alternatives which could not “unring the bell” regarding improper testimony
• It is within a trial judge’s discretion to declare a mistrial sua sponte upon the showing of manifest necessity, and appellate court will not disturb the decision absent an abuse of that discretion
• jeopardy attaches after jury is sworn unless proper mistrial declared
• “This Court is an error-correcting court; it is not an error-finding court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Orie
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-03-06· cited 176×
• Commonwealth v. Young
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-30· cited 44×
• Com. v. Goods, E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-10-13· cited 13×
• Com. v. Kennedy, J., Jr.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-08-27· cited 1×
• Com. v. Enos, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-12-08
• Com. v. Adams, L. Jr.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-01-08
• Com. v. Boyer, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-10-17

Cites

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

• Arizona v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1978-02-21· cited 2,314×
• United States v. Jorn
  Supreme Court· 1971-01-25· cited 2,215×
• United States v. Perez
  Supreme Court· 1824-03-23· cited 1,814×
• United States v. Dinitz
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-08· cited 1,492×
• Illinois v. Somerville
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-27· cited 1,368×
• Commonwealth v. Bolden
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-28· cited 259×
• Commonwealth v. Burke
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-10-17· cited 204×
• Commonwealth v. Pursell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-26· cited 203×
• Commonwealth v. Bartolomucci
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 106×
• Commonwealth v. Shaffer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-05-19· cited 74×
• Commonwealth v. Stewart
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Kelly
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-13· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Sullens
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-19· cited 60×
• Commonwealth v. Bracey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-22· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Guilford
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-11-01· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-01· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Boone
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-11-19· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Diehl
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-18· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Gains
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-29· cited 42×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Walton v. Aytch
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 41×