Commonwealth v. Wright

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that a misapplication of the law amounts to an abuse of discretion
• recognizing that a misapplication of the law amounts to an abuse of discretion
• observing that abuse-of-discretion rubric “may be something of a misnomer because the deference derives more from the role and respective vantage of the factfinder than from any accordance of ‘discretion’”
• discussing collateral order doctrine and allowing immediate Commonwealth appeal from interlocutory order regarding criminal defendant’s competency to waive rights on post-conviction review
• right of defendant to proceed pro se and waive post-conviction appeals

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re T.S.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-08-22· cited 421×
• Commonwealth v. Blakeney
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-29· cited 395×
• Mitchell, L. v. E. Shikora, D.O., Aplts.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-06-18· cited 86×
• Shearer, D., Aplts. v. Hafer, S.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-01-18· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-19· cited 83×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Hoover, J.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-30· cited 80×
• K.C. and V.C. v. L.A. Appeal of: D.M and L.N.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-21· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Blystone
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-07-20· cited 64×
• Brady, M. v. Urbas D.P.M., W., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-03-25· cited 54×
• In re Thirty-third Statewide Investigating Grand Jury
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-18· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Williams, J., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-11-21· cited 42×
• Township of Worcester v. Office of Open Records
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-01-08· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Schultz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-01-22· cited 22×
• Bogdan, D. v. American Legion Post 153
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-06-23· cited 14×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Kane v. Philip Morris, Inc.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-18· cited 13×
• In Re: Condemnation by the Com. of PA, DOT v. Bennett Family Properties, LLC
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-05-10
• Commonwealth v. Baez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-12-16

Cites

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

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Picard v. Connor
  Supreme Court· 1971-12-20· cited 5,124×
• Atkins v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 3,384×
• McCleskey v. Zant
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-16· cited 3,331×
• Johnson v. Jones
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-12· cited 2,857×
• McKaskle v. Wiggins
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 2,288×
• Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority v. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-12· cited 2,130×
• Godinez v. Moran
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-24· cited 1,916×
• Ford v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 1,525×
• Commonwealth v. Ali
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-12-29· cited 675×
• Winkelman Ex Rel. Winkelman v. Parma City School District
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 601×
• Commonwealth v. Bomar
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-30· cited 478×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-22· cited 339×
• Maggio v. Fulford
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-06· cited 320×
• Commonwealth v. Sepulveda
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-11-28· cited 299×
• Rees v. Peyton
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-06· cited 281×
• Commonwealth v. Eichinger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-20· cited 275×
• Ben v. Schwartz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-21· cited 216×
• Commonwealth v. Porter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-01-19· cited 177×
• Commonwealth v. Laird
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-02-16· cited 170×