Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/2/1981
Commonwealth v. Baez
Citations
- 431 A.2d 909
- 494 Pa. 388
- 1981 Pa. LEXIS 1052
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a witness cannot be confronted with the out-of-court statements of other witnesses on cross-examination
- use of prior inconsistent statements of a non-party witness in court and subject to cross-examination allowed for impeachment purposes
- trial court erred in permitting prosecution to impeach defendant with another witness's hearsay statement to police which contradicted defendant's testimony
- trial court erred in permitting prosecution to impeach defendant with another witness's hearsay statement to police which contradicted defendant's testimony
- “[t]he credibility of a witness may be impeached ... by showing that on a prior occasion he made a statement, either oral or written, that is inconsistent with his present testimony....”
- detective’s written account of what a third-party witness had told him is the type of unreliable out-of-court declaration the hearsay rule was designed to exclude
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Judges: O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Kauffman
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19 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. CousarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-21· cited 274×
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-19· cited 271×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-22· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. RiversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-07-01· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-19· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-01-23· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. RushSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-03-17· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-26· cited 34×
- Durkin v. Equine Clinics, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-10· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. BrittonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-14· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. DardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-11· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-07-30· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-06· cited 15×
- Sacks v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-29· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. HarveySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-08-09· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-13· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. BartlettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-21· cited 1×
- W. Penn Allegheny Health System, Inc. & BrickStreet Admin. Svcs. v. WCAB (Cochenour)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-04-16
- Commonwealth v. LeddingtonBucks County Court of Common Pleas· 2005-08-12
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
- Commonwealth v. O'SEAROSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 219×
- Commonwealth v. RodgersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-28· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. HammSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. NobleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-05-26· cited 65×
- JOHNSONS v. Peoples Cab Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-11-13· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. FostarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-01-24· cited 39×
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