Commonwealth v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that the Commonwealth cannot violate HIPAA and that even if such a violation occurred, the appellant would not be entitled to the remedy of suppression
• “The Commonwealth may sustain its burden of proving every element of the crime by means of wholly circumstantial evidence.”
• “It is within the province of the fact-finder to determine the weight to be accorded to each witness’s testimony and . . . as an appellate court, we may not re-weigh the evidence and substitute our judgment for that of the fact-finder.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Becker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-26· cited 81×
• Com. v. Rosario, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-12-27· cited 28×
• Com. v. Harvey, F.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-11-08· cited 1×
• Com. v. Jones, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-08-19· cited 1×
• Com. v. Martin, M. Jr.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-09-05· cited 1×
• Com. v. Kline, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-03-25· cited 1×
• Com. v. Windom, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-12-27
• Com. v. Summers, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-12-27
• Com. v. Mack, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-12-27
• Com. v. Green, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-01-23
• C.H.L. v. W.D.L.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-07-08
• Com. v. Martin, M. Jr.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-06-12
• Com. v. Ewida, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-03-20
• Com. v. Henck, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-07-24
• Com. v. Bettis, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-10-28
• Com. v. Alexander, L.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-03-18

Cites

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

• Commonwealth v. Widmer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-20· cited 1,854×
• Commonwealth v. Clay
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-02-08· cited 985×
• In the Interest of L.J.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 659×
• Commonwealth v. Mason, L., Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-29· cited 619×
• Commonwealth v. Washington
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-07-18· cited 593×
• Commonwealth v. Lyons
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-22· cited 520×
• Commonwealth v. Gonzalez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-21· cited 452×
• Commonwealth v. Chmiel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-29· cited 431×
• Commonwealth v. Busanet
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-10-19· cited 369×
• Commonwealth v. Samuel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-17· cited 335×
• Commonwealth v. Tejada
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-06· cited 302×
• Commonwealth v. Sanchez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-21· cited 300×
• Commonwealth v. Hutchinson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-08-22· cited 298×
• Commonwealth v. Cousar
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-21· cited 274×
• Commonwealth v. Sanchez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-12-17· cited 272×
• Commonwealth v. Lopez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-08-08· cited 261×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-01-03· cited 237×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-06· cited 231×
• Commonwealth v. Woodard, A., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-03· cited 216×
• Commonwealth v. Mouzon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-08-21· cited 202×