Commonwealth v. Butcher

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that appellant’s words and conduct constituted terroristic threat when he approached a woman alone in a parking lot, forcibly grabbed her and pushed his body up against hers, demanded a ride, and said “don’t make me get physical”
• determining the appellant’s words and conduct, when viewed together in context, could be reasonably interpreted as a threat to assault the victim
• sustaining terroristic threats conviction where appellant grabbed victim from inside her car, pushed her against the vehicle, and said in a “forceful voice, ‘Don’t make me get physical[.]’”
• employee’s claim for underinsured motorist benefits against employer’s insurance company was not barred by exclusivity provision of Workers’ Compensation Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Kline
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-01-04· cited 30×
• Com. v. Kline, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-01-04
• Koptchak v. Travelers Insurance
  Clearfield County Court of Common Pleas· 1997-03-17

Cites

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

• Commonwealth v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 264×
• Commonwealth v. Hardcastle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-10· cited 233×
• Commonwealth v. Rose
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 180×
• Commonwealth v. Kravitz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-04-18· cited 174×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-22· cited 106×
• Commonwealth v. Anneski
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-23· cited 67×
• Colucci v. New York Central Railroad
  Supreme Court· 1961-03-20· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Kidd
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-03-12· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Hudgens
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-03· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Verdekal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-18· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Aulisio
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-19· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. White
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-02-27· cited 42×
• In Re Maloney
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-01-27· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Chance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-08· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Guest
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-11· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Sullivan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-09-07· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Ashford
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-27· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Lumpkins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-01-20· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Speller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-11· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Campbell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-03· cited 27×