285 Pa. Super. 464 - Commonwealth v. Kittrell’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
41
cited by 41 later decisions
1
states following
April 2005
most recently cited
41 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ungar v. Sarafite · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Hubbard · Commonwealth v. Martin · Federal Trade Commission v. Broch
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]t is not every denial of a request for more time that violates due process even if the party . . . is compelled to defend without counsel .... Contrariwise, a myopic insistence upon expeditiousness in the face of a justifiable request for delay can render the right to defend with counsel an empty formality.... There are no mechanical tests for deciding when a denial of a continuance is so arbitrary as to violate due process. The answer must be found in the circumstances present in every case, particularly in the reasons presented to the trial judge at the time the request is denied.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage
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