Commonwealth v. Ward

How courts have described this case

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

• “Not even the appearance of retaliation arises where a defendant simply is returned to his pre-agreement status after successfully abrogating his part of the plea bargain.”
• Nix, J. concurring, joined by O’Brien, C.J.; Larsen, J. concurring; Flaherty, J. concurring
• no constitutional violation where vindictiveness not proven

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Hude
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-11· cited 170×
• Commonwealth v. Jarosz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-13· cited 111×
• Commonwealth, Aplt v. Dimatteo, P.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-01-18· cited 82×
• Commonwealth v. Parsons
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-04-09· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Smalis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-24· cited 30×
• In the Interest of R.R.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-22· cited 25×
• Geiger v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-10-26· cited 24×
• Lewis v. Warner
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1990-09-04· cited 22×
• Fairweather v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-04-15· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-06· cited 14×
• State v. Burkett
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1982-07-16· cited 12×
• Phillips v. Children & Youth Services
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-09-01· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Lennon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-20· cited 5×
• State v. Adams
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-07-19· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. El-Amin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-10· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Passaro
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-05-22

Cites

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

• North Carolina v. Alford
  Supreme Court· 1970-11-23· cited 9,465×
• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Brady v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-04· cited 7,191×
• Berger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1935-04-15· cited 4,581×
• Green v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-12-16· cited 3,075×
• Bordenkircher v. Hayes
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-06· cited 2,683×
• Blackledge v. Perry
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-20· cited 1,945×
• United States v. Scott
  Supreme Court· 1978-10-02· cited 1,668×
• United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-04· cited 1,460×
• Gannett Co. v. DePasquale
  Supreme Court· 1979-07-02· cited 1,226×
• Chaffin v. Stynchcombe
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-21· cited 874×
• Price v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-15· cited 784×
• Commonwealth v. Ingram
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-01-24· cited 283×
• Commonwealth v. Bolden
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-28· cited 259×
• Bobby Hardwick v. Ollie Doolittle, Jailer and William Anderson, Sheriff
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-10-25· cited 158×
• Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. v. Turner
  Supreme Court· 1977-10-03· cited 138×
• United States v. Clayborne Jamison, Jr., United States of America v. Clayborne Jamison, Sr.
  D.C. Circuit· 1974-10-15· cited 107×
• United States v. Frank Demarco, Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-03-30· cited 98×
• United States v. Earl Lee Williams
  Eighth Circuit· 1976-04-22· cited 87×
• Commonwealth v. Maddox
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-02-05· cited 86×