Commonwealth v. Cartagena

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that fact that victim punched defendant insufficient to dispel conclusion that defendant acted with malice
• concluding that the evidence was sufficient to support the murder conviction where appellant stabbed the victim, which caused paralysis and eventually an infection from bed sores that killed the victim one and one-half years after the stabbing
• stating that a punch by the victim was not legally adequate provocation for the defendant to stab the victim
• stating that a punch by the victim was not legally adequate provocation for the defendant to stab the victim
• stating that a punch by the victim was not legally adequate provocation for the defendant to stab the victim
• holding the fact that the victim punched the defendant was insufficient to dispel the factfinder’s conclusion that the defendant acted with malice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Hall
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1981-07-21· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Evans
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-19· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Cotton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-21· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Baylor
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 3×
• Fox v. Gabler
  Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas· 1983-05-12

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Cheeks
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-09-27· cited 82×
• Commonwealth v. Green
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Horne
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Roberson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Gause
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 8×