6 Pennsylvania opinions name it 2 courts 1983–2024 3 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.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Durham v. McElynngreen1 sentence2024The trial court, however, makes the “ultimate determination as to what is in the best interests of the child.”47 Thus, Judge Pellegrini opined, it was the juvenile court judge who was responsible for determining the best interests of the children and who was the direct cause of the purported harms for which N.W.M. was seeking damages 42 See id. at *9 (Pellegrini, J., concurring and dissenting) (citing cases where the Superior Court or Commonwealth Court determined in the first instance that immunity applied to certain officials performing judicial or quasi-judicial functions). 43 See id. at *9 | 1 | 1 |
Thorson, J. v. EDDW, LLCgreen1 sentence2024See Commonwealth v. Lawrence, 309 A.3d 152, 156 (Pa.Super. 2024). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Rykardgreen1 sentence2018Commonwealth v. Rykard, 55 A.3d 1177, 1184 (Pa.Super. 2012). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Browngreen2 sentences1984See Commonwealth v. Brown, 497 Pa. 7 , 438 A.2d 592 (1981). 1984See Commonwealth v. Brown, 497 Pa. 7 , 438 A.2d 592 (1981). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Sam
green
2 sentences2022Confusingly, the trial court repeatedly referenced Commonwealth v. Sam, 535 Pa. 350 , 635 A.2d 603 (1993), a decision involving circumstances in which counsel acceded to the defendant’s wishes to forego a presentation of mitigating evidence, see id. at 367-69 , 635 A.2d at 611-12 , not a scenario such as the present one 2 Even with this explanation, I question whether it was a creditable strategy in the first instance for a defense attorney to impugn his own client with collateral bad-character evidence of the above nature and degree. 2022Confusingly, the trial court repeatedly referenced Commonwealth v. Sam, 535 Pa. 350 , 635 A.2d 603 (1993), a decision involving circumstances in which counsel acceded to the defendant’s wishes to forego a presentation of mitigating evidence, see id. at 367-69 , 635 A.2d at 611-12 , not a scenario such as the present one 2 Even with this explanation, I question whether it was a creditable strategy in the first instance for a defense attorney to impugn his own client with collateral bad-character evidence of the above nature and degree. | 1 | 2022–2022 |
Commonwealth v. Brown
green
2 sentences1983To have allowed him to do so would, as is forcefully put by the court below, have given him “a distinct advantage in excess of what the statute accords him____ and the result would have been precisely the same as if the defendant had been speculating on the chance of saving a challenge.” Id., 212 Pa. at 371 , 61 A. 989 . 1983To have allowed him to do so would, as is forcefully put by the court below, have given him "a distinct advantage *187 in excess of what the statute accords him . . . . and the result would have been precisely the same as if the defendant had been speculating on the chance of saving a challenge." Id., 212 Pa. at 371 , 61 A. 989 . | 1 | 1983–1983 |
Commonwealth v. Evans
neutral
2 sentences1983To have allowed him to do so would, as is forcefully put by the court below, have given him “a distinct advantage in excess of what the statute accords him____ and the result would have been precisely the same as if the defendant had been speculating on the chance of saving a challenge.” Id., 212 Pa. at 371 , 61 A. 989 . 1983To have allowed him to do so would, as is forcefully put by the court below, have given him “a distinct advantage in excess of what the statute accords him____ and the result would have been precisely the same as if the defendant had been speculating on the chance of saving a challenge.” Id., 212 Pa. at 371 , 61 A. 989 . | 1 | 1983–1983 |
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.