Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 10/22/2008
Commonwealth v. Williams
Citations
- 959 A.2d 1252
- 2008 Pa. Super. 250
- 2008 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3503
- 2008 WL 4649259
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- holding that when a concise statement does not specify the allegedly unproven elements, the sufficiency issue is waived on appeal
- holding that the failure to articulate a sufficiency claim with specificity in a Rule 1925(b) statement is grounds for waiver
- concluding that W insufficient evidence to sustain the charges of Murder, Robbery, VUFA no - 11 - J-A20022-14 -compliant with Rule 1925(b)
- concluding that the appellant’s sufficiency claim is waived for failure to properly develop the claim and to set forth applicable case law
- holding that to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, the 1925(b) statement must specify which elements of any crime the Commonwealth allegedly failed to sufficiently establish
- concluding that Williams’ bald Rule 1925(b) statement that “[t]here was insufficient evidence to sustain the charges of Murder, Robbery, VUFA no license, and VUFA on the streets … [t]hus [Appellant] was denied due process of law[]” was non-compliant with Rule 1925(b)
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Judges: Stevens, Musmanno, Bender
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28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. GibbsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-09-14· cited 568×
- Commonwealth v. MelvinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-21· cited 419×
- Commonwealth v. GarangSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-11-18· cited 189×
- Commonwealth v. ManleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-30· cited 182×
- Commonwealth v. TyackSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-17· cited 151×
- Com. v. Midgley, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-02-07· cited 128×
- Com. v. Bonnett, P.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-09-22· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. CoxSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-08-02· cited 98×
- Commonwealth v. SarveySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-11-16· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. SmyserSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-09-11· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. RocheSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-01-04· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-06-06· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. HoffmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-31· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. CookSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-11-21· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. EllisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-06-20· cited 53×
- Com. v. Widger, K.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-08-13· cited 53×
- Com. v. Carr, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-01-21· cited 47×
- Com. v. Arnold, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-10-20· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. McKellickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-06-20· cited 37×
- Com. v. Sipps, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-12-31· cited 17×
Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1967-05-08· cited 87,848×
- In re L.M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-01· cited 1,618×
- Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 1,205×
- Commonwealth v. GoodwinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-06-13· cited 776×
- Commonwealth v. BomarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-30· cited 478×
- Commonwealth v. HunzerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-12· cited 211×
- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-19· cited 208×
- Commonwealth v. MaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-11-23· cited 158×
- Commonwealth v. EllisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-07-30· cited 146×
- Commonwealth v. LemonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-07-17· cited 142×
- Commonwealth v. LaboySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-26· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. DavidoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-02-25· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. LeveretteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-17· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. FloresSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-04-02· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. DarganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-31· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. WoodsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-10-02· cited 40×
- Marian v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 2004-01-12· cited 39×
- Com. v. CartwrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-01-30· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. FloresSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-10-03· cited 12×
- Com. v. WoodsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-03-13· cited 12×
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