Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/5/1978
Commonwealth v. Carter
Citations
- 393 A.2d 13
- 481 Pa. 495
- 1978 Pa. LEXIS 961
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- third degree murder is the unlawful taking of a human life with malice but without the specific intent to kill
- evidentiary use of initial incriminating statement made two hours and twenty-five minutes after arrest was not violative of Futch rule
- “Murder of the third[-]degree is an unlawful killing with malice expressed or implied, but absent any specific intent to take a life.”
- “Murder of the third[-]degree is an unlawful killing with malice expressed or implied, but absent any specific intent to take a life.”
- second statement following polygraph examination, pointing out inaccuracies in statement given five hours previously was properly admitted based upon only brief delay between arrest and first inculpatory statement
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. HarperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. CountermanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-26· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. GibsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-22· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. ReillySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-17· cited 38×
- Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Rose, S.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-18· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. AustinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-27· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. RuffinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-22· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. FrederickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. HicksonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-14· cited 18×
- Polsky v. PattonThird Circuit· 1989-11-30· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. BoykinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-13· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. PritchettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-10-14· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. BaylorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. RickettsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-02· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-08-31· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. PresleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-05
- Commonwealth v. JonesPhiladelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1990-11-28
- Commonwealth v. MonserratPhiladelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1995-08-28
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