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Supreme Court addressed claim in Pennsylvania

5 Pennsylvania opinions name it 3 courts 1987–2025 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Pennsylvania courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (1)

CaseFollowedCited
Commonwealth v. Sanchezgreen
pa · 2013 · cited in 1 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
1 sentence

2015Ultimately, the Supreme Court found that the trial court had conceded, in the absence of an official record, that the issue had been preserved, see Commonwealth v. Sanchez, 82 A.3d 943, 978-979 (Pa. 2013).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
Gentile v. State Bar of Nev. green
scotus · 1991
1 sentence

2025The rule there “prohibited a lawyer from making extrajudicial statements to the press that he knows or reasonably should know will have a ‘substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing’ an adjudicative proceeding[.]” Gentile, 501 U.S. at 1030 .

12025–2025
Blocker v. City of Philadelphia green
pa · 2000
2 sentences

2017Blocker, 763 A.2d at 374 .

2017Blocker, 763 A.2d at 374 .

12017–2017
Drabic v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP. green
pa · 2006
1 sentence

2013The Supreme Court addressed the doctrine of merger, citing Zimmerman , and found that Dra-bic’s “suspensions derived directly from the underlying criminal convictions and there is no question that those underlying criminal convictions merge.” Id. at 680, 906 A.2d at 1159 .

12013–2013
Commonwealth v. Norris green
pa · 1982
2 sentences

1987The court found the claim not waived even though not raised in the trial court because it put the "legality" of the sentences in question. 498 Pa. at 319 n. 9, 446 A.2d at 251 n. 9.

1987The court found the claim not waived even though not raised in the trial court because it put the "legality" of the sentences in question. 498 Pa. at 319 n. 9, 446 A.2d at 251 n. 9.

11987–1987

Where else courts name it

IL 22 (1988–2024) LA 12 (1994–2026) TX 10 (1992–2021) CA 7 (2003–2025) NJ 6 (2006–2025) OH 5 (2000–2007) MS 5 (2005–2021) PA 5 (1987–2025) OR 5 (2005–2025) MI 4 (1988–2015) MN 4 (1986–2004) CO 4 (2002–2021) MD 3 (1997–2020) VA 3 (1991–2025) AL 3 (2002–2012) KY 2 (2011–2012) AR 2 (2023–2023) CT 2 (1991–1994) NY 2 (1996–1996) NH 2 (2011–2013) IN 2 (2003–2008) ID 2 (1992–2023)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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