Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/29/1971
Commonwealth v. Banks
Citations
- 447 Pa. 356
- 285 A.2d 506
- 1971 Pa. LEXIS 1168
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- not error for trial court to let jury determine whether witness was an accomplice instead of declaring it as a matter of law, since instruction, taken as a whole, clearly instructed jury as to care to be used when considering witness’ testimony
- dissenting opinion of the writer, joined by Mr. Justice Roberts
- dissenting opinion of the writer, joined by Mr. Justice ROBERTS
- dissenting opinion of the writer, joined by Mr. Justice Roberts
- dissenting opinion of Pomeroy, J., joined by Roberts, J.
- trial court did not err in allowing jury to determine whether witness was an accomplice instead of declaring it as a matter of law, since the instruction, taken as a whole, clearly instructed the jury of the care and scrutiny to be used when considering the witness’ testimony
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Judges: Bell, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Barbieri, Jones
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20 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 233×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-02· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. IlgenfritzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. PolimeniSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. CainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. CannonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. BaileySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-01-19· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. WhitfieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-08· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-01-19· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. CareySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-18· cited 29×
- People v. FlenonMichigan Court of Appeals· 1972-08-29· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-03· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. PontonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-17· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. KemmererSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-04· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-03-06· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. MonroeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 6×
- Com. v. KemmererSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-04· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. SmithErie County Court Common Pleas· 1976-01-19
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-12-29· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. SisakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-11-28· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-08-06· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. PhelanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-09-26· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. LaRueSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-03-14· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. RadfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-01-09· cited 58×
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