Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/15/1988
Commonwealth v. Anderson
Citations
- 552 A.2d 1064
- 381 Pa. Super. 1
- 1988 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3708
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- Appellant’s claim that the sentencing court erred by imposing an aggravated range sentence without consideration of mitigating circumstances raises a substantial question
- “Because a trial judge has a superior opportunity to assess the competency of a witness, an appellate court should virtually never reverse a competency ruling.”
- “mentally retarded” witness presumed competent to testify
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Judges: Cavanaugh, Olszewski, Melinson
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37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. DelbridgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-25· cited 165×
- Commonwealth v. FelmleeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-18· cited 160×
- Commonwealth v. EllisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-07-30· cited 146×
- Commonwealth v. SwerdlowSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-02-04· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. McClendonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-08· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. SandersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-17· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. FrenchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-11· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-04-24· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. WidmerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-02· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. KingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-11-13· cited 42×
- Kituskie v. CorbmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-08-29· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. PhillipsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-07· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-05· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. DotterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-12· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. EnnisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-16· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. DowlingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-09-29· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. ZelinskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-18· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. BoichSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-10-06· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. MunsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-28· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. LyonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-27· cited 26×
Cites
32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. DeversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-27· cited 872×
- Commonwealth v. TuladzieckiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-10· cited 739×
- Rosche v. McCoySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-11-25· cited 173×
- Commonwealth v. WareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-11-20· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. KrumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-02· cited 142×
- United States v. Mark Douglas Odom, United States of America v. Joyce Geraldine Beach, United States of America v. Benny Carol DysonFourth Circuit· 1984-05-22· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. GoldblumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-07-02· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. DanielsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-27· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. PronkoskieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-11· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. PennSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-26· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-23· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. FriesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-09· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. MonarchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-27· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. FelixSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-14· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. AulisioSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-19· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. ShortSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-06-13· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-02-13· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. GravesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-22· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. MangelloSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-06· cited 31×
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