Commonwealth v. Chapman

How courts have described this case

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

• evidence was destroyed after defendant’s first trial and before retrial; defendant had not sought examination of the evidence while it was available
• evidence was destroyed after defendant's first trial and before retrial; defendant had not sought examination of the evidence while it was available
• undershorts found at scene of rape material evidence where guilty verdict must have been based at least in part on fact defendant was not wearing undershorts when arrested
• remanding for hearing to develop record regarding Brady claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Fain
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1989-04-04· cited 98×
• Commonwealth v. Thiel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-16· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Pfender
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-08-22· cited 33×
• McNair v. Weikers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-02-19· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Feese
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-18· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Deans
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-20· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Thomas
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-23· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-27· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Nicholson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-23· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Bybel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-11-05· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Sims
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-01-24· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Whaley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-08-21· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Taraborelli
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1979-05-11
• Commonwealth v. Scott
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 1981-03-11
• Commonwealth v. Cohen
  Bucks County Court of Common Pleas· 1982-07-26
• Commonwealth v. Marsolino Coal & Coke Inc.
  Fayette County Court· 1981-11-04

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Rochin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1952-01-02· cited 3,286×
• Moore v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-10-10· cited 1,226×
• Wardius v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-11· cited 827×
• United States v. Carlton E. Bryant, United States of America v. William E. Turner
  D.C. Circuit· 1971-01-29· cited 450×
• People v. Hitch
  California Supreme Court· 1974-10-21· cited 317×
• Kinsella v. United States Ex Rel. Singleton
  Supreme Court· 1960-01-18· cited 296×
• United States v. Shotwell Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1957-12-16· cited 126×
• Commonwealth v. Zapata
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-04-20· cited 124×
• Commonwealth v. Gee
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-04-07· cited 119×
• Milton M. Levin v. Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach, Attorney General of the United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1966-05-19· cited 116×
• Commonwealth v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 103×
• Commonwealth v. Boone
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 95×
• State v. Wright
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-12-09· cited 89×
• United States v. Carlton E. Bryant, United States of America v. William E. Turner
  D.C. Circuit· 1971-09-24· cited 78×
• Otto v. Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Co.
  Supreme Court· 1971-12-07· cited 72×
• Griffin v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1950-07-10· cited 71×
• United States v. James Pappas Appeal of Richard S. Mischlich
  Third Circuit· 1971-07-29· cited 67×
• Commonwealth v. Pisa
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-05-16· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Brooks
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-10-03· cited 45×