Commonwealth v. Williamson

How courts have described this case

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

• interpreting Section 3802(d)(2) as addressing the effect, rather than the quantity, of a drug in a defendant’s blood or urine
• Subsection (d)(2) “does not require that any amount or specific quantity of the drug be proven in order to successfully prosecute under that section”
• testimony of erratic driving and intoxicated demeanor, coupled with proof that drugs were present, were together sufficient to prove that operator’s ability to drive safely was impaired

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Griffith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-02· cited 118×
• Commonwealth v. Tarrach
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-09· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Hutchins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-27· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. DiPanfilo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-04-16· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-08-10· cited 24×
• Com. v. Cahill, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-09-10· cited 12×
• Com. v. Macik, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-07-01· cited 4×
• Com. v. Smith, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-07-23· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Jaeger
  Carbon County Court of Common Pleas· 2012-11-30
• Com. v. Marberger, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-08-25

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Benson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-25· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Etchison
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-01-24· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Collins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-11-04· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Boerner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-26· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. McGinnis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-25· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Burdge
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-06· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Boulware
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-05-25· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Cook
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-18· cited 6×