Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/16/1987
Commonwealth v. Coleman
Citations
- 532 A.2d 477
- 367 Pa. Super. 108
- 1987 Pa. Super. LEXIS 9517
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining the effect of an arrest of judgment and why the Commonwealth may appeal from an order granting arrest of judgment
- for double jeopardy purposes crucial distinction must be made between pre-conviction and post-conviction determinations of insufficiency of the evidence
- operability inferentially established by eyewitnesses who heard gunshots, turned, and saw defendant holding a firearm with smoke surrounding his head
- “[f]or one hundred and seventy-five (175) years appellate courts of this Commonwealth have properly entertained appeals by the Commonwealth from orders granting a defendant arrest of judgment.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Wieand, Kelly, Popovich
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FeathersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-31· cited 55×
- People v. Carlos JonesMichigan Court of Appeals· 1993-12-20· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. McMillanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-06-24· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. RomoliniSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-04-14· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. ParmarSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-01-18· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. Springbrook Transport, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-01-16· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-28· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. SandersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-08-21· cited 7×
Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- United States v. ScottSupreme Court· 1978-10-02· cited 1,668×
- United States v. WilsonSupreme Court· 1975-02-25· cited 1,334×
- Justices of Boston Municipal Court v. LydonSupreme Court· 1984-04-18· cited 588×
- Smalis v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court· 1986-05-05· cited 328×
- Commonwealth v. HolmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-10· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. BigelowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-16· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. RawlesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-01· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. DrumgooleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-08· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. LaytonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 63×
- United States v. WorrallSupreme Court· 1798-04-01· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. HanesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-09· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. WallaceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1886-11-01· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. ZollerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-29· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. SmalisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-24· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. HorshawSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-28· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-11-22· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. FitzhughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-01-06· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. GaitherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-08-11· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. CappSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1864-06-22· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1812-10-05· cited 9×
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