Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/20/1996
Commonwealth v. Chambers
Citations
- 685 A.2d 96
- 546 Pa. 370
- 1996 Pa. LEXIS 2299
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that application of Section 9711(h) as amended did not deprive appellant of any constitutional right
- holding that application of Section 9711(h) as amended did not deprive appellant of any constitutional right
- holding trial court may properly refuse to excuse a juror for cause when the trial judge believes that the juror would be fair and impartial
- stating that the decision of whether to permit a party to recall witnesses and present additional evidence is within the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed absent an abuse of that discretion
- finding no abuse of discretion where the trial court in a jury trial permitted the Commonwealth to recall a witness to correct his prior testimony
- court may properly refuse to excuse a juror for cause when the trial judge believes that the juror would be fair and impartial
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Judges: Nix, Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Montemuro
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59 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. BomarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-30· cited 478×
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-29· cited 431×
- Commonwealth v. LeskoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-02-24· cited 398×
- Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-22· cited 339×
- Commonwealth v. CoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-19· cited 290×
- Commonwealth v. DrumhellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-09-20· cited 254×
- Commonwealth v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-09-26· cited 232×
- Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 223×
- Commonwealth v. TharpSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-07-02· cited 191×
- Commonwealth v. Eichinger, J., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-31· cited 169×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-02· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. EinhornSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-14· cited 136×
- Commonwealth v. Poplawski, R., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-29· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. CountermanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-26· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. PappasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-02-12· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. RandolphSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-05-16· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. BroadenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-08-03· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. MulhollandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-10-10· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-06-19· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-21· cited 111×
Cites
40 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
- Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court· 1981-05-18· cited 2,053×
- Morgan v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1992-06-15· cited 1,584×
- Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court· 1975-06-16· cited 1,568×
- Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court· 1994-06-17· cited 1,326×
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 709×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-18· cited 264×
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 262×
- Commonwealth v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-11-04· cited 238×
- Commonwealth v. HardcastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-10· cited 233×
- Commonwealth v. PursellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-26· cited 203×
- Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 159×
- Commonwealth v. OhleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-14· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. DeHartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-03· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. AukerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-31· cited 138×
- Commonwealth v. ProsdocimoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-08-17· cited 136×
- Commonwealth v. CasperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. ChristySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-05· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. GeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-04-07· cited 119×
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