Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/30/1980
Commonwealth v. Anderson
Citations
- 415 A.2d 887
- 490 Pa. 225
- 1980 Pa. LEXIS 676
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding error where defendant was referred to as an “executioner” carrying out an “assassination”
- new trial ordered -9- J-A01015-24 where prosecutor referred to defendant as “executioner” who committed an “assassination”
- reference by prosecutor to defendant as an “executioner” involved in an “assassination” because the victim had “violated some code”
- “Similarly [to Capalla], we here condemn the district attorney's application of the [J-28-2018] [MO: Wecht, J.] - 5 term “executioner” to Anderson. This term was equivalent to an expression of belief by the district attorney that Anderson was guilty of murder of the first degree.”
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Kauffman
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-20· cited 227×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-09-18· cited 185×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-22· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. RushSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-23· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. JermynSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-15· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. Clancy, J., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-08-21· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-02· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. BarrenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-08· cited 45×
- Com. v. Crumbley, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-01-26· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-24· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. LawsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-28· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. CorreaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-31· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. JubileeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-07· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. GelberSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-10· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. NicholsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-23· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. GreenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-06· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. BrooksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-04-06· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. DeMarcoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-08-22· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. McCannSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-07-30· cited 4×
Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- Commonwealth v. GoosbySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 179×
- Commonwealth v. TriplettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-23· cited 147×
- Commonwealth v. GilmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. HarvellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. AdkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-08· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. PrincipattiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1918-03-18· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. LarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. MayberrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-06-02· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. KennedySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-12· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-03· cited 1×
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