270 Pa. Super. 229 - Commonwealth v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1981
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Tabb · Commonwealth v. Blevins · Commonwealth v. Meadows · Commonwealth v. Chenet · Commonwealth v. Terenda
Most-quoted passages
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“Except as otherwise prescribed by general rule, an appeal may be taken as of right from: sjc * Jfc ‡ ‡ * (5) . . an order in a criminal proceeding awarding a new trial where the defendant claims that the proper disposition of the matter would be an absolute discharge or where the Commonwealth claims the lower court committed an error of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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