Commonwealth v. Dancer

Decided January 27, 1975. Samuel J. Roberts wrote the opinion for the court.

331 A.2d 435 · Cited 407 times

Authorship attributed by a unique court + date + surname match against our roster (CourtListener recorded no author id for this opinion); verify against the official text. How we match.

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · 427 Pa. 599
• Commonwealth v. Owens · 454 Pa. 268
• Commonwealth v. Dancer · 452 Pa. 221
• Sherwood v. Elgart · 383 Pa. 110
• Commonwealth v. Wideman · 453 Pa. 119
• Gilbert v. Korvette's Inc. · 457 Pa. 602
• Concord Township Appeal · 439 Pa. 466
• Commonwealth v. Faison · 437 Pa. 432
• Commonwealth v. Robinson · 452 Pa. 316
• Commonwealth v. Sullivan · 450 Pa. 273
• Prynn Estate · 455 Pa. 192
• Ridley Township v. Pronesti · 431 Pa. 34
• Commonwealth v. Zapata · 455 Pa. 205
• Commonwealth v. Hudson · 455 Pa. 117
• Commonwealth v. Pride · 450 Pa. 557
• Commonwealth v. Karchella · 449 Pa. 270
• Commonwealth v. Hawkins · 445 Pa. 279
• Commonwealth v. Dennis · 451 Pa. 340
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Neal v. Myers · 424 Pa. 576
• Commonwealth v. Hollenbaugh · 449 Pa. 6
• Commonwealth v. MacK · 451 Pa. 319
• Commonwealth v. Ellis · 445 Pa. 307
• Commonwealth v. Sanger · 453 Pa. 504
• Commonwealth v. McGrogan · 449 Pa. 584

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Commonwealth v. Mabie · 359 A.2d 369
• Commonwealth v. Hertzog · 425 A.2d 329
• Commonwealth v. Watlington · 420 A.2d 431
• Commonwealth v. Grant · 813 A.2d 726
• Commonwealth v. Twiggs · 331 A.2d 440
• Commonwealth v. Gardner · 389 A.2d 58
• Commonwealth v. Cam Ly · 989 A.2d 2
• Commonwealth v. Fox · 383 A.2d 199
• Commonwealth v. Cunningham · 370 A.2d 1172
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 383 A.2d 926
• Commonwealth v. Smallwood · 350 A.2d 822
• Commonwealth v. Gray · 489 A.2d 213
• Commonwealth v. Bradley · 401 A.2d 744
• Commonwealth v. Smith · 433 A.2d 1349
• Commonwealth v. Wright · 497 Pa. 492
• Commonwealth v. Hubbard · 372 A.2d 687
• Commonwealth v. Sullivan · 371 A.2d 468
• Commonwealth v. Cargo · 444 A.2d 639
• Commonwealth v. Walker · 36 A.3d 1
• Commonwealth v. Legg · 711 A.2d 430
• Commonwealth v. Seachrist · 387 A.2d 661
• Commonwealth v. Strachan · 333 A.2d 790
• Commonwealth v. Ray · 396 A.2d 1218
• Commonwealth v. Betrand · 399 A.2d 682
• Commonwealth v. Abbruzzese · 438 A.2d 977

Explore from here

Samuel J. Roberts’s Judicial Record · Pa. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).