Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/6/1979
Commonwealth v. Beck
Citations
- 402 A.2d 1371
- 485 Pa. 475
- 1979 Pa. LEXIS 644
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “A defendant . . . need not have knowledge of a victim’s criminal conviction in order to introduce the prior conviction showing the aggressive propensities of the victim.”
- three (3) year old assault conviction probative and admissible
- three year old assault conviction probative and admissible
- three year old assault conviction probative and admissible
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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19 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. ButerbaughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-05-13· cited 510×
- People v. LynchIllinois Supreme Court· 1984-10-19· cited 264×
- Commonwealth v. MouzonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-08-21· cited 202×
- Commonwealth v. Christine, J., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-10-27· cited 147×
- Commonwealth v. YanoffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-12· cited 135×
- State v. FurloughCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-04-10· cited 112×
- State v. HowellUtah Supreme Court· 1982-06-30· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. AdjutantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-03-14· cited 78×
- State v. BacaNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1992-08-31· cited 45×
- Braley v. StateWyoming Supreme Court· 1987-08-05· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-05-17· cited 28×
- State v. BasqueHawaii Supreme Court· 1983-07-21· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. QuarlesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-01-28· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. BeckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-01· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. McClainSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-15· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-10-12· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. StewartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-02· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. RiversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-31· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. GessleinLehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2013-12-20
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