Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/18/2018
Commonwealth v. Chambers
Citations
- 188 A.3d 400
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that once the conspiracy is established beyond a reasonable doubt, a conspirator can be convicted of both the conspiracy and the substantive offense that served as the illicit objective of the conspiracy
- “One joining the fight, but acting only upon [his] own volition and motivation, does not make a conspiracy.”
- \No level of intimacy or history 5 between actors can replace the elements of the offense.\
- “No level of intimacy or history between actors can replace the elements of the offense.”
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Judges: Baer, Donohue, Dougherty, Mundy, Saylor, Todd, Wecht
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6 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. HallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-11-28· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. JordanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-05-29· cited 42×
- Com. v. Roberts, W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-03-06· cited 26×
- Com. v. Jones, R.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-06-06
- Com. v. Wellman, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-08-18
- Com. v. Adames, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-01-14
Cites
36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1946-10-14· cited 3,200×
- Commonwealth v. ColavitaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-04-29· cited 319×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-08-21· cited 299×
- Commonwealth v. LambertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-22· cited 273×
- Commonwealth v. SanchezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-12-17· cited 272×
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-20· cited 227×
- Commonwealth v. VargasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-31· cited 219×
- Commonwealth v. GoldhammerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-19· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. EilandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. RiosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-30· cited 141×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-08· cited 136×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-08-16· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. WayneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-29· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. MontalvoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-24· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. CocciolettiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-04· cited 130×
- Commonwealth v. RouxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-29· cited 107×
- Commonwealth v. CoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-12-23· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. KennedySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-17· cited 93×
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