Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1/9/1970
Commonwealth v. Crews
Citations
- 436 Pa. 346
- 260 A.2d 771
- 1970 Pa. LEXIS 941
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding evidence was insufficient to sustain first degree murder conviction where identification was based solely on defendant’s height, skin color, and gold sweater
- holding a generic description of a perpetrator to be insufficient to prove identity
- overturning conviction where only evidence tying appellant to crime was description of perpetrator’s complexion and gold-colored sweater
- evidence that appellants’ height, coloring, and color of coat matched those of robbers held so insufficient that jury was forced to guess
- \myriads of people . . . fit the height and coloration description\
- “myriads of people ... fit the height and coloration description”
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Judges: Bell, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy
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21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- Commonwealth v. DiggsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-17· cited 313×
- Commonwealth v. CousarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-21· cited 274×
- Commonwealth v. OrrSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-19· cited 172×
- Commonwealth v. BryantSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-11-26· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. PetriskoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-18· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. MinnisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-18· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. ReedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-03-25· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-16· cited 45×
- Com. v. Edwards, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-02-12· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. GutierrezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-03-30· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-04· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. HurdSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-12· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. LongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. WileySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-06-26· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. AtkinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-02-27· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. FeldmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-11-22· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. MickingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-10· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. MaisonetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-28· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-01-05· cited 12×
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