Commonwealth v. Hess

Decided November 25, 2002. Stephen A. Zappala wrote the opinion for the court.

810 A.2d 1249 · Cited 90 times

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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 v. Lord · 719 A.2d 306
• COM. OF PENNSYLVANIA v. Baker · 690 A.2d 164
• Commonwealth v. Phinn · 761 A.2d 176
• Frazier v. City of Philadelphia · 735 A.2d 113
• Com., Dept. of Transp. v. McCafferty · 758 A.2d 1155
• Montgomery v. Bazaz-Sehgal · 798 A.2d 742
• Ryan v. Johnson · 564 A.2d 1237
• In Re Estate of Daubert · 757 A.2d 962
• Commonwealth v. Auchmuty · 799 A.2d 823
• Commonwealth v. Overby · 744 A.2d 797
• In re C.R.J. · 801 A.2d 1261
• Cheltenham Township School District v. Slawow · 755 A.2d 45

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