Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/22/2008
Commonwealth v. Watson
Citations
- 952 A.2d 541
- 597 Pa. 483
- 2008 Pa. LEXIS 1173
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding court erred in denying Commonwealth’s request for involuntary administration of antipsychotic medication to restore death-row inmate competency so that he could participate in timely instituted post-conviction proceedings
- holding court erred in denying Commonwealth’s request for involuntary administration of antipsychotic medication to restore death-row inmate competency so that he could participate in timely instituted post-conviction proceedings
- reviewing as immediately appealable, under Pa.R.A.P. 313, order denying Commonwealth's request for involuntary administration of antipsychotic medication for purposes of rendering death-row inmate competent to participate in post-conviction proceedings
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Judges: Baer, Castille, Eakin, McCAFFERY, Saylor, Todd
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. MonacoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-05-12· cited 422×
- Commonwealth v. BaumhammersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-05-27· cited 187×
- Commonwealth v. SamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-22· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. BoichSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-10-06· cited 30×
- Commonwealth, Aplt v. Hackett, R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-18· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. WatsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-01-06
- Commonwealth v. DiamondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-04
- M. Fetterman v. Westmoreland County Children's Bureau; ~ Appeal of: Westmoreland County Children's BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-04-28
- Com. v. Loughran, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-11-26
Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court· 1989-04-17· cited 6,602×
- McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court· 1991-04-16· cited 3,331×
- Ford v. WainwrightSupreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 1,525×
- Washington v. HarperSupreme Court· 1990-04-16· cited 1,489×
- Calderon v. ThompsonSupreme Court· 1998-05-04· cited 1,326×
- Sell v. United StatesSupreme Court· 2003-06-16· cited 1,055×
- Riggins v. NevadaSupreme Court· 1992-05-18· cited 734×
- Commonwealth v. PeterkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-21· cited 447×
- Commonwealth v. ReavesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-31· cited 311×
- Ben v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-21· cited 216×
- Geniviva v. FriskSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-01· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. HaagSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-24· cited 107×
- Commonwealth v. SamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-22· cited 95×
- Pridgen v. Parker Hannifin Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-08-22· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. KennedySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-21· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. MorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-04-20· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. DennisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-21· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. MichaelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-07-20· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. JermynSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-18· cited 25×
- In Re HeidnikSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-08-19· cited 24×
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