Commonwealth v. Webster

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that prior to this 1973 amendment, the Pennsylvania Constitution, with few exceptions, prohibited the filing of criminal informations
• noting that prior to this 1973 amendment, the Pennsylvania Constitution, with few exceptions, prohibited the filing of criminal informations
• habeas corpus petition denied in court of common pleas
• habeas corpus petition denied in court of common pleas

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Laudenberger v. Port Auth. of Allegheny
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-29· cited 296×
• Singer v. Sheppard
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-06-26· cited 206×
• Commonwealth v. Davenport
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-07· cited 85×
• Robson v. Penn Hills School District
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-16· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. Parker White Metal Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-09· cited 82×
• Commonwealth v. Hamm
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-17· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Saunders
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-04-04· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. McClelland
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-26· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. McFarland
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-28· cited 18×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Coleman v. Cuyler
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-12-22· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Levinson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-19· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Meoli
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-15· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Levinson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-29· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Orman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-08-03· cited 12×
• Deer Creek Drainage Basin Authority v. County Board of Elections
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-21· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-19· cited 10×
• Norris v. Wood
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-14· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Norris
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-10-11· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Ford
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1979-10-04
• Commonwealth v. Emerich
  Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas· 1980-06-18

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Calandra
  Supreme Court· 1974-01-08· cited 3,415×
• Douglas v. California
  Supreme Court· 1963-04-29· cited 3,330×
• Shapiro v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-21· cited 3,119×
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1955-05-09· cited 2,938×
• Branzburg v. Hayes
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 2,202×
• Dunn v. Blumstein
  Supreme Court· 1972-03-21· cited 2,034×
• Sosna v. Iowa
  Supreme Court· 1975-01-14· cited 2,006×
• Reed v. Reed
  Supreme Court· 1971-11-22· cited 1,968×
• Costello v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1956-04-01· cited 1,814×
• Coleman v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-22· cited 1,808×
• F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1920-06-07· cited 1,251×
• Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld
  Supreme Court· 1975-03-19· cited 928×
• Alexander v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 889×
• Lawn v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1958-03-03· cited 769×
• American Party of Texas v. White
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 646×
• Wood v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 536×
• Commonwealth v. Dessus
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-11-15· cited 63×
• Jones v. Robbins
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1857-03-15· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Hirsch
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-16· cited 29×