Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/5/1978
Commonwealth v. Chacko
Citations
- 391 A.2d 999
- 480 Pa. 504
- 1978 Pa. LEXIS 1048
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- photographs of victim’s body in undergarments, “splattered with blood”, and depicting a gaping neck wound were inadmissible
- victim’s body clothed in undergarments, body and clothing splattered with blood, and large, gaping wound in neck
- victim's body clothed in undergarments, body and clothing splattered with blood, and large, gaping wound in neck
- measures not enough to cure prejudice where photographs were close-up of victim’s body at crime scene and depicted large gaping wounds and bloodied clothing
- where jury's reaction to photographic evidence was more likely to be emotional rather than rational, the trial judge's cautionary instructions to jury on admitting photographs could not cure prejudicial effect
- where jury’s reaction to photographic evi dence was more likely to be emotional rather than rational, the trial judge’s cautionary instructions to jury on admitting photographs could not cure prejudicial effect
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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16 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-20· cited 227×
- Commonwealth v. BallardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-11-21· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. HousmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-29· cited 118×
- State v. ClawsonWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-09-23· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. HenrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-12-23· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 85×
- Dutton v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware· 1982-09-10· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. BattySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-27· cited 48×
- State v. RoweWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-10-23· cited 47×
- State v. ConnerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-09-08· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. LarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-22· cited 17×
- Hilbish v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska· 1995-03-10· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. RogersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-01· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. McCutchenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-28· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. ConnorsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-02-11· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. Knight, M., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-11-18
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. PetrakovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-12-05· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. PowellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-01-03· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. ScaramuzzinoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. MartinezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-01· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. SchrothSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. RossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. EdenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. BruecknerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. DankelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. NorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 4×
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