Commonwealth v. Bennett

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that “counsel will not be faulted for failing to predict change in the law”
• recognizing that “counsel will not be faulted for failing to predict change in the law.”
• recognizing \counsel will not be faulted for failing to predict a change in the law.\
• “[I]n light of [Attorney] Lang’s opening argument[, the court wi]ll allow some leeway. Don’t go too far.”
• “[C]ounsel will not be faulted for failing to predict a change in the law.”
• “the charge, when read in its entirety, appropriately conveys that an accomplice or co-conspirator must possess the specific intent to kill in order to be found guilty of first-degree murder.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Cousar, B., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-02-22· cited 187×
• Commonwealth v. Baumhammers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-05-27· cited 187×
• Commonwealth v. Feliciano
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-01· cited 126×
• Commonwealth v. Barnett
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-07-29· cited 105×
• Commonwealth v. Patterson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-06-29· cited 65×
• Arnold v. Superintendent SCI Frackville
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2018-08-22· cited 4×
• Com. v. Wyatt, G.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-10-24
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Housman, W.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-03-26
• Commonwealth v. Housman, W., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-03-26
• Commonwealth v. Pal
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2013-11-27
• Marion, D. v. Bryn Mawr Trust Co., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-01-19
• Commonwealth v. Johnson, H., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-02-22
• Com. v. Gibson, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-07-02

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Lockhart v. Fretwell
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-25· cited 3,956×
• Commonwealth v. Pierce
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
• Commonwealth v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-23· cited 1,230×
• Rutledge v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-03-27· cited 828×
• Commonwealth v. Albrecht
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-23· cited 654×
• Commonwealth v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-22· cited 552×
• Commonwealth v. Daniels
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-01-23· cited 350×
• Commonwealth v. Hackett
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-26· cited 329×
• Commonwealth v. Colavita
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-04-29· cited 319×
• Commonwealth v. Sepulveda
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-11-28· cited 299×
• Bronshtein v. Horn
  Third Circuit· 2005-04-14· cited 258×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-29· cited 256×
• Commonwealth v. Spotz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-20· cited 227×
• Commonwealth v. Hughes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-21· cited 218×
• Commonwealth v. Flanagan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-07-23· cited 212×
• Commonwealth v. Alexander
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 198×
• Commonwealth v. Melendez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-22· cited 195×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-29· cited 181×
• Commonwealth v. Chester
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-24· cited 171×