Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/23/1987
Commonwealth v. Atkinson
Citations
- 528 A.2d 210
- 364 Pa. Super. 384
- 1987 Pa. Super. LEXIS 8458
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- motion filed by defendant at sentencing five and one-half years after his conviction was not timely assertion
- motion filed by defendant at sentencing five and one-half years after his conviction was not timely assertion
- pretrial publicity intimating that murders with which defendant was charged were connected with satanic cults inherently prejudicial if insufficient time lapse between publication and trial
- spectator making thumbs down gesture to jury did not prejudice jury where judge took immediate steps to determine impact of behavior on jurors by asking them whether gesture influenced their opinion and by observing demeanor of jurors when responding
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Judges: Rowley, Sole, Tamilia
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-13· cited 237×
- Commonwealth v. GreerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-02-24· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. LeibSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-14· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. GlassSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-04· cited 26×
- State v. MinskiSupreme Court of Kansas· 1993-04-16· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. BellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-25· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. GreerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-04· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. ReevesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-15· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-13· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-02-27· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraLehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2005-05-17
Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court· 1972-06-22· cited 12,108×
- United States v. EwellSupreme Court· 1966-02-23· cited 1,196×
- Commonwealth v. DavenportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-16· cited 232×
- Commonwealth v. LovetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-05· cited 211×
- Commonwealth v. PursellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-26· cited 203×
- Commonwealth v. CasperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. RomeriSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. ChestnutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-30· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. HernandezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-29· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. CookeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-04· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. LohrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-06· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. GloverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-27· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. LambSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-01-14· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. StylesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-08· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. BradfieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-05-02· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-13· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. WoodsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-22· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. CrissySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-09-03· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. CostalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-02-19· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. MasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-29· cited 8×
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