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.

• concluding that a vague Rule 1925(b) statement hampered appellate review and finding issue waived
• reiterating that “[w]hen the trial court has to guess what issues an appellant is appealing, that is not enough for meaningful review” (citation omitted
• noting that once a court grants counsel’s petition to withdraw pursuant to Turner and Finley, new counsel shall not be appointed
• stating that where issues in a 1925(b) statement are too vague for the trial court to identify and address, appellate review is hampered and the issue is waived
• stating, “when a defendant pleads guilty, he waives the right to challenge anything but the legality of his sentence and the validity of his plea.” (citation omitted)
• “[w]hen a defendant pleads guilty, he waives the right to challenge anything but the legality of his sentence and the validity of his plea.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Commonwealth v. Bradley, A., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-10-20

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anders v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-05-08· cited 87,848×
• Commonwealth v. Turner
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-27· cited 4,184×
• Commonwealth v. Finley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-31· cited 4,104×
• Commonwealth v. Lord
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-28· cited 1,456×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Walker, T.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-01· cited 1,340×
• Commonwealth v. Rykard
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-09-18· cited 631×
• Commonwealth v. Dowling
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-06-01· cited 374×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-03-28· cited 174×
• Commonwealth v. Lemon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-07-17· cited 142×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-08-06· cited 94×
• In the Interest of: P.S., a Minor, Appeal of: P.S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-17· cited 78×
• Commonwealth v. Maple
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-08· cited 54×