Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/27/1990
Commonwealth v. Austin
Citations
- 575 A.2d 141
- 394 Pa. Super. 146
- 1990 Pa. Super. LEXIS 983
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- denying inference of intent to kill based on evidence of record stating killer swung knife at victim rather than deliberately plunging it into victim
- denying inference of intent to kill based on evidence of record stating killer swung knife at victim rather than deliberately plunging it into victim
- “malice in its legal sense exists not only where there is a particular ill will, but also whenever there is a wickedness of disposition, hardness of heart, wanton conduct, cruelty, recklessness of consequences and a mind regardless of social duties”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Olszewski, Johnson, Hoffman
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Stidham v. Millvale Sportsmen's ClubSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-13· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-28· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. KelleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-17· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. PackardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-01-24· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. ScalesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-13· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. MercadoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-27· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. BigelowSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-30· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. OsellanieSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-25· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. SmouseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-10· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. OdrickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-16· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. RipleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-18· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. StylerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-23· cited 8×
- Com. v. Perez, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-09-30· cited 1×
- Com. v. Perez, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-10-07· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. McNairFayette County Court· 2009-04-23· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. FreyYork County Court of Common Pleas· 1992-07-29
- Commonwealth v. MonserratPhiladelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1995-08-28
- Commonwealth v. YeagerYork County Court of Common Pleas· 1994-09-30
- General Accident Insurance v. CiafraPhiladelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1998-04-09
- Commonwealth v. GillesIndiana County Court of Common Pleas· 2002-12-27
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. O'SEAROSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 219×
- Commonwealth v. WojdakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-10-18· cited 133×
- Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. IngramSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-10-09· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. WanamakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-02-05· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. PalmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-30· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-07-13· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. RobertsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-17· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-10-26· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. ChimentiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-04-20· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. FrederickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. McAndrewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-12· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. BaylorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 3×
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