Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 8/23/1994
Commonwealth v. Correa
Citations
- 648 A.2d 1199
- 437 Pa. Super. 1
- 1994 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2584
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding defendant “provoked or continued” a deadly altercation by descending from the safety of a third-story apartment with a firearm to confront the victim despite the victim’s earlier “threats to kill him”
- finding impermissible provocation where defendant taunted decedent from safety and then armed himself, went to common area of apartment, opened locked door, and confronted decedent
- counsel cannot be ineffective for failing to file groundless challenge to sufficiency of the evidence claim
- counsel cannot be ineffective for failing to file groundless challenge to sufficiency of the evidence claim
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: McEwen, Olszewski and Del Sole
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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. MouzonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-08-21· cited 202×
- Commonwealth v. WestonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-04-17· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. GladdenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-26· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. K.M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-12· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. SotoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-17· cited 4×
- Com. v. KMSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-12
- Warren v. Eckert Seamans Cherin & MellottAlleghany County Court of Common Pleas· 2000-04-25
Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. PaquetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 208×
- Commonwealth v. HolmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-10· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. BurnsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-01-21· cited 111×
- Commonwealth v. RementerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-28· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. SkufcaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. LeeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-30· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. LongSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-26· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-05-17· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-10· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. DiPasqualeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-03-21· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. FloydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-17· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. McClainSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-15· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. HallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-09-24· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. BreadySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-04-16· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. DinkinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-07· cited 6×
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