Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/17/1976
Commonwealth v. Anderson
Citations
- 353 A.2d 384
- 466 Pa. 339
- 1976 Pa. LEXIS 492
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- “The court below, having conducted an evidentiary hearing concerning the recantations with an opportunity to observe and judge the demeanor and credibility of the witness…cannot be said to have abused its discretion in denying appellant a new trial.”
- no abuse of discretion where trial court denied motion for [a] new trial based on after-discovered evidence where witness recanted the after-discovered recantation testimony at an evidentiary hearing and stated that his testimony at trial implicating the defendant was the truth
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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Manderino, Nix
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-29· cited 410×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-02· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. BirdsongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-05-26· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. McCrackenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-19· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-09· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. BaileySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-06· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. DouglasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-27· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. LovetteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-18· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. GelberSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-10· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. PerrinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-01-03· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. RyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-21· cited 6×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. ColemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-04-22· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. ScullSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-12-12· cited 24×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Leeper v. RussellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-09-13· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. MennyweatherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-01-17· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. SholderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-09-12· cited 10×
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