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· 5/18/2016

Justin L. Horstead v. State of Tennessee

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

  • “When a defendant who is convicted in Philadelphia Municipal Court files a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, ‘the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas sits as an appellate court.’”
  • the “law of the case doctrine bars a judge from revisiting rulings previously decided by another judge of the same [or a higher] court, absent exceptional circumstances.” (citation omitted; some capitalization modified)

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Judges: Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer

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