Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/20/1972
Commonwealth v. Butler
Citations
- 446 Pa. 374
- 288 A.2d 800
- 1972 Pa. LEXIS 307
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- killings did not occur under the heat of passion so as to reduce the degree of guilt to manslaughter where there was sufficient time for cooling between whatever provocation might have existed and the actual killings
- Jury rejected defendant's provocation defense where evidence established sufficient cooling off period.
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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberto, Pomeroy, Bell, Barbieri
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28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 204×
- Commonwealth v. BaezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-23· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. RiosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-30· cited 141×
- Commonwealth v. PronkoskieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-26· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. BronshteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-03-25· cited 109×
- Commonwealth v. GibsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-22· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-03-23· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-10-02· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. LeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 90×
- Commonwealth v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-02-05· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. CarboneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-08-15· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. RiversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-07-01· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. SpeightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-20· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. MilesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-31· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-08-18· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. CookSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-20· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. MichaelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-17· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-20· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. LeeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-30· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. KempSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-06-22· cited 37×
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