Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 6/29/1977
Commonwealth v. Cunningham
Citations
- 375 A.2d 66
- 248 Pa. Super. 219
- 1977 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1987
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- any ambiguity concerning the ambit of a penal statute shall be resolved in favor of life and liberty
- penal statutes must be strictly construed in favor of the accused
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Judges: Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van Voort Spaeth
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27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. SimsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-04-18· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. TrowbridgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-12-14· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. SojournerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-06-22· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. DarushSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. BroughtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. DankoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-05· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. AshfordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-19· cited 27×
- State v. NicholsonWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-03-13· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. RishelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-13· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. NeckerauerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-12-10· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. CarrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-10-12· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-20· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. MilanoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-28· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. PrestidgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-07· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. OrtizSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-04-20· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. ClipperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-08-20· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. SimsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-10-26· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. ButterfieldCarbon County Court of Common Pleas· 1980-11-07· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. ParaneeCarbon County Court of Common Pleas· 1988-05-31
- Commonwealth v. MolinoLycoming County Court of Common Pleas· 1990-04-28
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