362 Pa. Super. 464 - Commonwealth v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 2008
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Duncan v. State of Louisiana · North Carolina v. Butler · Commonwealth v. Lovette · Commonwealth v. Griscavage · John Cuneo, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Most-quoted passages
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“A trial commences when the trial judge determines that the parties are present and directs them to proceed to voir dire or to opening argument, or to the hearing of any motions which had been reserved for the time of trial, or to the taking of testimony, or to some other such first step in the trial. It is not intended that preliminary calendar calls should constitute commencement of a trial.... 4”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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