Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/18/1991
Commonwealth v. Cam Ly
Citations
- 599 A.2d 613
- 528 Pa. 523
- 1991 Pa. LEXIS 67
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that robbery is a felony in New York and three prior convictions for robbery satisfies the significant history of violent felonies aggravator
- counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for selecting one reasonable course from others that may be available
- admission of evidence must have resulted in an “incurable” prejudice
- in-struction that malice and intent to kill may be inferred from the use of a deadly weapon on a vital part of the body was proper and did not shift the burden of proof to the defendant
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy
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27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-06· cited 387×
- Commonwealth v. HanibleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-10-19· cited 368×
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-19· cited 271×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-29· cited 181×
- Commonwealth v. CooperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-28· cited 175×
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-24· cited 171×
- Commonwealth v. KeatonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-05-30· cited 158×
- Commonwealth v. RiosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-30· cited 141×
- Commonwealth v. PaolelloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-22· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. Cam LySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-10-01· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. MorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-30· cited 109×
- Commonwealth v. BonnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-02-23· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. LairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-01· cited 88×
- McAleese v. MazurkiewiczThird Circuit· 1993-07-27· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. O'DonnellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-10-28· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. UpshurSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-12-07· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. MasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-11-24· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. BlackwellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-09-12· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-04-01· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. BoxleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-05-29· cited 37×
Cites
28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
- Commonwealth v. BighumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 319×
- Commonwealth v. PettusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-05· cited 291×
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 262×
- Commonwealth v. PeterkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-25· cited 215×
- Commonwealth v. ShafferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-03-20· cited 213×
- Commonwealth v. BuehlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-04-30· cited 203×
- Cox v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1984-10-29· cited 180×
- Mead Data Central, Inc. v. West Publishing Co.Supreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-29· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. MusiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 132×
- Commonwealth. v. HossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-10-12· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-27· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. YarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-17· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. HolcombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-10-04· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. CrawleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-27· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. BeasleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-28· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. AljoeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-01-04· cited 73×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Sprangle v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-01-04· cited 55×
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